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Advice in the diary section is linked to each week of the season and takes you through the whole process, from clearing weeds without digging, feeding soil and sowing to harvests and storing vegetables. MORE
SHADE GARDEN VEGETABLES AND HERBS Tasty vegetables or herbs that you can try in your shady or partially shady spots include: Beets Cabbage Chard Carrots Mint Chervil Read more here Some organic home gardens can do best in the shade. MORE
Siting a New Garden The best place to put a vegetable garden is close to the house where there is good sun, ideally a spot that gets southern exposure. Fruiting vegetables need the most sun, 6-8 hours. Root vegetables require less and leafy vegetables require the least. MORE
However, once I started wrapping the vegetable strips, selecting the vibrant hues, one after another to create a nourishing meal that is as beautiful to look at, as to eat—I found my meditation. Academy Alumni Elephant Academy Food Health & Wellness art you can eat elephant magazine food recipe savory pie spiral vegetable pie spiral veggie pie vegan vegan pie vegetarian vegetarian pie veggie spiral winter vegetables MORE
Growing vegetables and fruits in hanging baskets frees up space in your garden (and on your back porch) so that you can grow even more plants in a small space. Hanging baskets aren't just for flowers. Save garden space by getting these crops off the ground. MORE
Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro) How to Create a new Vegetable Garden Producing a beautiful and fruitful garden from scratch by Charles Dowding Published by Green Books, 12th February 2015 Hardcover, 224 pages, 23.5 MORE
Root vegetables may be a touch harder to feel for than chickens or fish. Tonnes of perfectly good food are thrown away in the UK every year. Why, asks Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. MORE
Animal Rights Conscious Consumerism Enlightened Society Food Green Health & Wellness beet salad beetroot juice fossil fuel consumption meat consumption Meat Free Mondays meat production non-vegetarian environmentalists roasted beet root vegetable recipes savory vegan veggie crumble MORE
At least with some vegetables. That is how I end up with potatoes growing in many of the containers in which I grow other vegetables – I only garden in containers, at home, basically – where I never planted them. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Yes, it does work. MORE
With the help of a bit of cover, and carefully selected varieties of seeds, it is possible to grow vegetables and herbs all year round in the United Kingdom, and presumably therefore in other temperate countries that have frosty winters. Why grow vegetables in winter? MORE
Seed catalogues are being pored over, dog-eared, and circled, and some folks may have even begun to order vegetable seeds in preparation for early starts indoors. Below are a few perennial vegetables that you might be interested in. MORE
Click here to download the vegetable growing cheat sheet for print and mobile. Good to be Home’s downloadable Vegetable Growing Cheat Sheet is a complete chart of all the vegetables you may want to grow this summer. MORE
You may not have a yard to work with, but you can still grow lots of tasty vegetables. But growing your own vegetables in an urban environment can be tricky when you don’t have a backyard. Living in the city, in an apartment, or in a small space? MORE
Many vegetables can be expensive to purchase by growing the most expensive vegetables in your garden and buying the least inexpensive vegetables at your grocery store you can easily help drop your food budget. MORE
By Michael Smith (Veshengro) If pizza is a vegetable can someone please tell me how you grow it. You may rightly think that I have gone bonkers here but the American government agencies have declared pizza to be a vegetable and thus can form part of your recommended “5-a-day” fruits and vegetable intake. The last time I checked pizza was not a vegetable and seeds cannot be had for it anywhere. MORE
Therefore, allow me to explain what I understand under volunteer vegetables, or volunteer plants in general. Tags: vegetable growing gardening by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Some of my readers may understand the meaning of the headline while others may not. MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The majority of people always think of flower gardens and vegetable gardens as two separate entities, but there’s no reason to think that is the way it has to be so. Those gardens were a mix of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs. Instead you might like to think of a vegetable-flower garden as an artistic palette, strictly for appearances and enjoyment. You do however need to take into account the growing style of the vegetables and flowers. MORE
Be sure to eat your vegetables! shutterstock) Be sure to eat your vegetables! Not only are they nutritious (vegetables are full of Vitamin A, iron, protein, and other nutrients), but they also add a pop of color and burst of flavor to meals. It’s time to invest in vegetables! MORE
If you''re a salad-loving gardener, planting a fall garden full of leafy greens is a sure way to extend the harvest season, and if you sow a bed full of short season root vegetables, you can add some variety, and a lot more crunch, to your plate. MORE
So infectious that the most ardent climate skeptic would have trouble staying still (Sydney Morning Herald) As dynamic Formidable Vegetable front man Charlie Mgee explains: “Music is the best tool we have for raising awareness about our need to live more sustainably. MORE
This is one version of my ''Top 10'' perennial vegetables – a version drawn up with a mixed cottage garden style planting in mind. Edible perennial expert Anni Kelsey shares her 10 favourite edible perennials that are also beautiful ornamentals for a cottage garden! Now that''s permaculture! MORE
Most vegetables are high-light plants because they have to produce food. However, there are a number of shade tolerant vegetables. Leafy vegetables and herbs are at the top of the list because their food production as well as storage happens right there on the leaves. MORE
We are an architectural firm specializing in the integration of vegetation and architecture. We work where vegetation can be instrumentalized to save energy, manage water resources, reduced impact on the landscape, and improve the environmental quality of the architecture. MORE
But vegetables also do great in these contained and compact environments. What vegetables you can grow in which planter is dependent on the planter size, though almost anything can be grown in a tub or other planter. Also, some plants, such as tomatoes, will continue growing after other vegetables have ceased to yield their harvest for the season. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Most people only associate planters with growing flowers and, maybe, herbs. MORE
There are a few types of plants that don’t do well in double row layouts, but most vegetables will do very well this way. Most gardeners are familiar with the concept of single row or square foot gardening, but not all are familiar with double row gardening. MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Even the smallest space can produce plenty of vegetables, and this has been shown by several “studies”, for lack of a better words, such as the square foot gardening idea of the RHS in Britain. Yes, tomatoes are fruit not vegetables. First of all, some vegetable do not need much in the way of depth of soil. Fold their sides down to about half – you don't need more soil depth than that for growing vegetables and fill with earth. MORE
If you’re still growing flowers and vegetables on opposite sides of your yard, it’s time rethink your garden plan. Plus, planting bee-friendly flowers near your vegetables also supports struggling pollinator populations and biodiversity. MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Unbeknown to many in the European Union, I am sure, fruits and vegetables deemed unattractive or imperfect such as knobby carrots and overly-curvy cucumbers were actually banned from being sold to consumers. MORE
Making your own vegetable stock is a healthier alternative to purchasing the store bought varieties – even the healthiest varieties are loaded with sodium and artificial additives. MORE
How to Decide Which Fruits and Vegetables to Buy Organic. There are lots of benefits to organic fruits and vegetables. But organic foods can be expensive or hard to find, so while you may want to always purchase organic fruits and vegetables, this isn’t always a practical option. So how do you decide which fruits and vegetables to buy organic? Many fruits and vegetables, however, have their own natural and effective defenses against pests. MORE
How to keep the ones you love… seeds of plants that is Saving and storing seeds from your own vegetable and herb crops is a thrifty way to perpetuate your favorite varieties from year to year. MORE
Some organic home gardens can do best in the shade. This is great news for those of us who don’t want to have to trim those decades-old trees in the backyard too much or live in older neighborhoods with large trees. MORE
As counterintuitive as it may seem, some fruits and vegetables get a nutritional boost upon cooking. Most of us have all too many un-fond memories of vegetables cooked into a soggy gloppy mush. With that in mind, raw vegetables rose to rule the roost in terms of nutritional virtuosity. MORE
Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Grow your own Vegetables by Joy Larkcom 2011 abridged edition of the 2002 Frances Lincoln Edition Frances Lincoln in association with Marshalls Seeds Paperback 360 pages ISBN: 978-0-7112-3264-8 Price: £ 9.99 MORE
One of the oldest – and easiest — ways to preserve fresh fruits and vegetables through the winter months is with cold storage, also known as root cellaring. A root cellar is simply an underground room used for preserving fruits and vegetables for several weeks or months. MORE
That rich, dark, blank canvas beckons us to come on over and work our vegetable magic. I get why you till. There’s something in all of us gardeners that leaps with joy when we see a freshly tilled bed. MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Now is the time to think about which seeds to sow and plant in your vegetable garden for the year. The choices are great but there are some varieties of vegetables that are best for all year round cropping and also don't forget the humble edible weeds. MORE
Combine permaculture gardening techniques and edible landscaping ingenuity in your garden by growing perennial vegetables. Nature’s ecosystems always include not only annual vegetables, but also perennials — edible roots, shoots, leaves, flowers and fruits that produce year after year. MORE
There are time when we are far too quick to see all that we have to sown as undesirable but many wild edibles, from which many of our domesticated vegetables spring after all, have much higher nutritional values that do the domesticated versions. But why do we want to go foraging when such plants can be grown at home, together with our other vegetables that we grown, in our plots? MORE
A sense of order, a welcoming gate and a well-defined path are among the elements that make this vegetable garden both pretty and functional. Even a local farm or farmers market can’t offer vegetables as fresh as those straight from the back yard. MORE
The initiative lets consumers buy the products at a 30 per cent discount compared to their "beautiful" equivalents and allows farmers to sell vegetables that were previously rejected, says Intermarché, one of the supermarkets involved. MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The majority of people, even gardeners, always think of flower gardens and vegetable gardens as two separate entities, but there is absolutely no reason to think that this is the way it has to be. It was a mix of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs. MORE
Have you ever noticed a peculiar smell when opening a can of vegetables or fruit? Then, on a lazy winter day, I had one of those “ah-hah” moments and realized it isn’t the vegetables, it’s the water used in canning them! MORE
Both timely harvest and proper storage help maintain the quality and freshness of garden vegetables. "Ideal" storage conditions for many vegetables are not attainable around the average home or farm. Unheated basements, if well ventilated, can provide good storage conditions for some vegetables. Different vegetables require different temperature and humidity levels for proper storage. MORE
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At least with some vegetables. That is how I end up with potatoes growing in many of the containers in which I grow other vegetables – I only garden in containers, at home, basically – where I never planted them. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Yes, it does work.
Green (Living) Review
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Seed catalogues are being pored over, dog-eared, and circled, and some folks may have even begun to order vegetable seeds in preparation for early starts indoors. Below are a few perennial vegetables that you might be interested in.
Hug a Tree with Me
JULY 15, 2014
Making your own vegetable stock is a healthier alternative to purchasing the store bought varieties – even the healthiest varieties are loaded with sodium and artificial additives.
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MAY 5, 2017
That rich, dark, blank canvas beckons us to come on over and work our vegetable magic. I get why you till. There’s something in all of us gardeners that leaps with joy when we see a freshly tilled bed.
Green (Living) Review
JULY 23, 2010
Therefore, allow me to explain what I understand under volunteer vegetables, or volunteer plants in general. Tags: vegetable growing gardening by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Some of my readers may understand the meaning of the headline while others may not.
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 17, 2013
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The majority of people, even gardeners, always think of flower gardens and vegetable gardens as two separate entities, but there is absolutely no reason to think that this is the way it has to be. It was a mix of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs.
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 28, 2017
There are a few types of plants that don’t do well in double row layouts, but most vegetables will do very well this way. Most gardeners are familiar with the concept of single row or square foot gardening, but not all are familiar with double row gardening.
Green (Living) Review
DECEMBER 27, 2016
SHADE GARDEN VEGETABLES AND HERBS Tasty vegetables or herbs that you can try in your shady or partially shady spots include: Beets Cabbage Chard Carrots Mint Chervil Read more here Some organic home gardens can do best in the shade.
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Advice in the diary section is linked to each week of the season and takes you through the whole process, from clearing weeds without digging, feeding soil and sowing to harvests and storing vegetables.
Green (Living) Review
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
This is one version of my ''Top 10'' perennial vegetables – a version drawn up with a mixed cottage garden style planting in mind. Edible perennial expert Anni Kelsey shares her 10 favourite edible perennials that are also beautiful ornamentals for a cottage garden! Now that''s permaculture!
Elephant Journal
JANUARY 28, 2019
However, once I started wrapping the vegetable strips, selecting the vibrant hues, one after another to create a nourishing meal that is as beautiful to look at, as to eat—I found my meditation. Academy Alumni Elephant Academy Food Health & Wellness art you can eat elephant magazine food recipe savory pie spiral vegetable pie spiral veggie pie vegan vegan pie vegetarian vegetarian pie veggie spiral winter vegetables
Green (Living) Review
AUGUST 7, 2014
Be sure to eat your vegetables! shutterstock) Be sure to eat your vegetables! Not only are they nutritious (vegetables are full of Vitamin A, iron, protein, and other nutrients), but they also add a pop of color and burst of flavor to meals. It’s time to invest in vegetables!
Green (Living) Review
DECEMBER 2, 2016
As counterintuitive as it may seem, some fruits and vegetables get a nutritional boost upon cooking. Most of us have all too many un-fond memories of vegetables cooked into a soggy gloppy mush. With that in mind, raw vegetables rose to rule the roost in terms of nutritional virtuosity.
Green (Living) Review
JULY 21, 2014
Click here to download the vegetable growing cheat sheet for print and mobile. Good to be Home’s downloadable Vegetable Growing Cheat Sheet is a complete chart of all the vegetables you may want to grow this summer.
Green (Living) Review
JANUARY 23, 2017
Most vegetables are high-light plants because they have to produce food. However, there are a number of shade tolerant vegetables. Leafy vegetables and herbs are at the top of the list because their food production as well as storage happens right there on the leaves.
Green (Living) Review
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Grow your own Vegetables by Joy Larkcom 2011 abridged edition of the 2002 Frances Lincoln Edition Frances Lincoln in association with Marshalls Seeds Paperback 360 pages ISBN: 978-0-7112-3264-8 Price: £ 9.99
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
If you’re still growing flowers and vegetables on opposite sides of your yard, it’s time rethink your garden plan. Plus, planting bee-friendly flowers near your vegetables also supports struggling pollinator populations and biodiversity.
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Now is the time to think about which seeds to sow and plant in your vegetable garden for the year. The choices are great but there are some varieties of vegetables that are best for all year round cropping and also don't forget the humble edible weeds.
Green (Living) Review
JULY 28, 2014
You may not have a yard to work with, but you can still grow lots of tasty vegetables. But growing your own vegetables in an urban environment can be tricky when you don’t have a backyard. Living in the city, in an apartment, or in a small space?
Green Home Blog
MARCH 20, 2013
Have you ever noticed a peculiar smell when opening a can of vegetables or fruit? Then, on a lazy winter day, I had one of those “ah-hah” moments and realized it isn’t the vegetables, it’s the water used in canning them!
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 27, 2016
Some organic home gardens can do best in the shade. This is great news for those of us who don’t want to have to trim those decades-old trees in the backyard too much or live in older neighborhoods with large trees.
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 8, 2015
Combine permaculture gardening techniques and edible landscaping ingenuity in your garden by growing perennial vegetables. Nature’s ecosystems always include not only annual vegetables, but also perennials — edible roots, shoots, leaves, flowers and fruits that produce year after year.
Green (Living) Review
MAY 27, 2016
A sense of order, a welcoming gate and a well-defined path are among the elements that make this vegetable garden both pretty and functional. Even a local farm or farmers market can’t offer vegetables as fresh as those straight from the back yard.
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 15, 2015
Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro) How to Create a new Vegetable Garden Producing a beautiful and fruitful garden from scratch by Charles Dowding Published by Green Books, 12th February 2015 Hardcover, 224 pages, 23.5
Green Home Blog
NOVEMBER 28, 2011
How to Decide Which Fruits and Vegetables to Buy Organic. There are lots of benefits to organic fruits and vegetables. But organic foods can be expensive or hard to find, so while you may want to always purchase organic fruits and vegetables, this isn’t always a practical option. So how do you decide which fruits and vegetables to buy organic? Many fruits and vegetables, however, have their own natural and effective defenses against pests.
Green (Living) Review
DECEMBER 19, 2011
By Michael Smith (Veshengro) If pizza is a vegetable can someone please tell me how you grow it. You may rightly think that I have gone bonkers here but the American government agencies have declared pizza to be a vegetable and thus can form part of your recommended “5-a-day” fruits and vegetable intake. The last time I checked pizza was not a vegetable and seeds cannot be had for it anywhere.
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 23, 2017
Growing vegetables and fruits in hanging baskets frees up space in your garden (and on your back porch) so that you can grow even more plants in a small space. Hanging baskets aren't just for flowers. Save garden space by getting these crops off the ground.
Green (Living) Review
OCTOBER 10, 2014
The initiative lets consumers buy the products at a 30 per cent discount compared to their "beautiful" equivalents and allows farmers to sell vegetables that were previously rejected, says Intermarché, one of the supermarkets involved.
Green (Living) Review
AUGUST 15, 2015
One of the oldest – and easiest — ways to preserve fresh fruits and vegetables through the winter months is with cold storage, also known as root cellaring. A root cellar is simply an underground room used for preserving fruits and vegetables for several weeks or months.
Green (Living) Review
MARCH 29, 2011
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The majority of people always think of flower gardens and vegetable gardens as two separate entities, but there’s no reason to think that is the way it has to be so. Those gardens were a mix of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs. Instead you might like to think of a vegetable-flower garden as an artistic palette, strictly for appearances and enjoyment. You do however need to take into account the growing style of the vegetables and flowers.
Green (Living) Review
NOVEMBER 7, 2015
Root vegetables may be a touch harder to feel for than chickens or fish. Tonnes of perfectly good food are thrown away in the UK every year. Why, asks Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
There are time when we are far too quick to see all that we have to sown as undesirable but many wild edibles, from which many of our domesticated vegetables spring after all, have much higher nutritional values that do the domesticated versions. But why do we want to go foraging when such plants can be grown at home, together with our other vegetables that we grown, in our plots?
Green (Living) Review
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
Many vegetables can be expensive to purchase by growing the most expensive vegetables in your garden and buying the least inexpensive vegetables at your grocery store you can easily help drop your food budget.
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 13, 2010
But vegetables also do great in these contained and compact environments. What vegetables you can grow in which planter is dependent on the planter size, though almost anything can be grown in a tub or other planter. Also, some plants, such as tomatoes, will continue growing after other vegetables have ceased to yield their harvest for the season. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Most people only associate planters with growing flowers and, maybe, herbs.
Green (Living) Review
JULY 7, 2014
So infectious that the most ardent climate skeptic would have trouble staying still (Sydney Morning Herald) As dynamic Formidable Vegetable front man Charlie Mgee explains: “Music is the best tool we have for raising awareness about our need to live more sustainably.
Celsias
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We are an architectural firm specializing in the integration of vegetation and architecture. We work where vegetation can be instrumentalized to save energy, manage water resources, reduced impact on the landscape, and improve the environmental quality of the architecture.
Green (Living) Review
SEPTEMBER 1, 2014
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Unbeknown to many in the European Union, I am sure, fruits and vegetables deemed unattractive or imperfect such as knobby carrots and overly-curvy cucumbers were actually banned from being sold to consumers.
Elephant Journal
NOVEMBER 19, 2016
Animal Rights Conscious Consumerism Enlightened Society Food Green Health & Wellness beet salad beetroot juice fossil fuel consumption meat consumption Meat Free Mondays meat production non-vegetarian environmentalists roasted beet root vegetable recipes savory vegan veggie crumble
Green (Living) Review
OCTOBER 6, 2014
With the help of a bit of cover, and carefully selected varieties of seeds, it is possible to grow vegetables and herbs all year round in the United Kingdom, and presumably therefore in other temperate countries that have frosty winters. Why grow vegetables in winter?
Green (Living) Review
JULY 19, 2014
Siting a New Garden The best place to put a vegetable garden is close to the house where there is good sun, ideally a spot that gets southern exposure. Fruiting vegetables need the most sun, 6-8 hours. Root vegetables require less and leafy vegetables require the least.
Green (Living) Review
SEPTEMBER 5, 2011
Both timely harvest and proper storage help maintain the quality and freshness of garden vegetables. "Ideal" storage conditions for many vegetables are not attainable around the average home or farm. Unheated basements, if well ventilated, can provide good storage conditions for some vegetables. Different vegetables require different temperature and humidity levels for proper storage.
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 27, 2011
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Even the smallest space can produce plenty of vegetables, and this has been shown by several “studies”, for lack of a better words, such as the square foot gardening idea of the RHS in Britain. Yes, tomatoes are fruit not vegetables. First of all, some vegetable do not need much in the way of depth of soil. Fold their sides down to about half – you don't need more soil depth than that for growing vegetables and fill with earth.
Green (Living) Review
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
If you''re a salad-loving gardener, planting a fall garden full of leafy greens is a sure way to extend the harvest season, and if you sow a bed full of short season root vegetables, you can add some variety, and a lot more crunch, to your plate.
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