By Julie Christensen With their arresting tart flavor, limes are most often used for their juice, which flavors dishes from key lime pie to margaritas to guacamole. Like all citrus trees, limes are heat-loving plants that only grow outdoors in USDA plant hardiness zones 9 … [Read more...]
Healthy Juices for High Blood Pressure
By Julie Christensen High blood pressure means that your heart has to work harder to pump blood through your body. This increased stress can increase your risk of stroke, heart disease, kidney failure and blindness. Most people will experience high blood pressure at some point … [Read more...]
Introduction to Urban Permaculture
A rising trend in both professional architecture and in human lifestyles is the ideal of permaculture. From agriculture to urban living, the concept has been taking hold and spreading. It's captured the environmental and peace movements and is spreading to others as well. This … [Read more...]
Classifying Tomato Varieties
There are many varieties of tomato you can grow. Being the most popular food plant in the garden, tomatoes have seen a lot of experimentation and change over time. Literally thousands of types have been bred and cultivated around the world. If you've read our other post, … [Read more...]
How to Grow Cabbage: An Introduction
Many common vegetables are cabbages or genus brassica. Head and leafed cabbage, of course, but also broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale, and kohlrabi are members of the cabbage family. They are some of the most popular and traditional garden vegetables grown. Because … [Read more...]
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