Kitchen Gardens
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Starting a Garden – How Big, How Deep?
Two questions come to mind when starting a garden; how deep does it need to be cultivated, and how big should the garden plot be?
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Growing Snow and Snap Peas in Hanging Baskets
Cascading pea plants look beautiful in hanging baskets, and the freshly picked pods taste amazing. Try this simple form of vertical, edible gardening at home.
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Keeping a Culinary Herb Garden
Herb gardens and cookery are closely related. Most cooks like to have fresh herbs and other ingredients close at hand. A small herb garden is an ideal solution.
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Growing Broccoli Fall or Spring Tips and Tricks
While broccoli plants are often grown in the spring, before harsh summer heat, broccoli performs best in the fall vegetable garden.
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AeroGarden Mini Growing System
The AeroGarden Mini is the solution for small spaces - apartment dwellers, small kitchen owners and the desktop gardener. Take a look at the features of this small unit.
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Review of the Classic AeroGarden Model
Popular amongst foodies, aspiring gardeners and those craving a longer growing season the Classic AeroGarden produces more plants than its smaller counterpart, the Mini.
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AeroGarden Indoor Gardening Systems
This may be an ideal kitchen accessory for the foodie, beginner to advanced gardener, or city apartment dweller. Compact in size the modules grow a variety of seed kits.
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Growing and Cooking Fresh Curry Leaves
Fresh curry leaves impart a deliciously spicy and authentic flavour, and they're so easy to grow. Follow these tips for planting and cooking with curry leaves at home.
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Lemon Balm, from Recipes to Cosmetics
Lemon balm might not be the most attractive plant in the kitchen garden, but it certainly is one of the most useful.
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How to Grow Vegetables in Dry Weather
In dry times there are many water restrictions imposed on home gardens, so how can vegetables still be grown successfully without using too much water? Here are some tips
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Why Mulch the Vegetable Garden
Mulch is a layer of material spread on top of the soil to conserve soil moisture and discourage the growth of weeds.
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Best Way to Plant a Vegetable Garden
There is more to planting a vegetable garden than throwing in seeds - or even planting seedlings in neat rows. Crop rotation will ensure freedom of disease and good soil.
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Eight Greens that Grow Well in Cool Weather
These eight cool-weather greens are easy to grow and can be eaten raw or cooked in a variety of ways.
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How to Grow and Use Edible Flowers
Plant edible flowers among the rows in the kitchen garden. They're useful in attracting pollinators like bees to the other plants, ornamental - and also delicious.
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Make Delicious Treats from Mulberries
The culinary quality of mulberries can vary from tree to tree, regardless of variety. If you have a good tree, you'll know it.
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Mulberries - Culinary Treasure, not Trash Tree
The mulberry, considered by some to be a messy nuisance tree, actually has culinary value for delicious wine, juice, jelly or desserts.
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Grow Delicious Greens, Even in Cool Weather
Spinach and arugula, along with a variety of other plants informally known as cool-weather greens, thrive in crisp autumn weather.
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Meet Lovage, a Natural Salt Substitute
Fresh, dried or frozen, lovage provides excellent flavoring for soups, stews, salads and casseroles, and is a natural salt substitute said to be high in vitamin C.
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How to Grow and Cook Pumpkins
The raw material for everything from jack-o-lanterns and pies, to soups and soft spreads, the pumpkin is a versatile fruit. Even the seeds and flowers are edible.
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Grow Sage to Add Delicious Flavor to Food
Sage carries a history as rich as the flavor it brings to food.
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Anyone Can Grow Chives
Chives are a hardy perennial that flourishes throughout the growing season. Along with mint, it is an easy starter plant for beginning gardeners.
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How to Grow and Use Mint
Those new to the world of growing and cooking with herbs are well advised to start with mint.
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How to Make the Vegetable Garden Beautiful
Most vegetable gardens are hidden at the back of the house. But a kitchen garden need not look ugly. Why cover up the natural beauty of vegetables and herbs?
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How to Make a Vegetable Garden
There is no doubt that creating a garden is backbreaking work - or is it? Here are two easy ways to make a vegetable garden - without digging.
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Create a Potager with Plants Grown in Containers
Gardeners can create a potager with containers by selecting a collection of ornamental and edible plants. A potager in pots becomes a small french-styled kitchen garden.
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