This is a good article on simple gardening tips, particularly for people who have trouble bending, etc. (The site itself has a number of articles for people with health issues which I find useful.) http://www.yourlifetodaymagazine.com/SimpleGardeningIdeas.php There is a picture of a raised bed with legs...

Does anyone plant by the signs? My Grandmother, Dad and Aunts did and believed that if you wanted to have sucessfull crops, you must to it. I took part in a test last year and will be part of one again this year. We all had to plant the same seeds from the same place , 1/2 planted on a good day and the...

it was something i started after losing my job ,,,, i went back to basics ,,, ten years later its a big success , take time to view some of my photos ,, at www.hartsgroveproduce.com , i,ll answer your questions ,,, thanks kevin

This is the green house we bought in 2006 from Farm Tek. I find more and more uses for it as I've gone along. DH set it up so it has its own propane heater. I always start tomato, peppers and some flowers mid April and by the end of May everything is mature enough to plant in the ground. The only...

I hit a jack pot of informational sites. Growveg.com has a page on starting a vegetable plot. I tend to want to dive into planting haphazardly and end up with an overwhelming mess and dead plants. I think I'll take some tips from this article for a planned approach when I decide to try ground planting...

Cinnamon, Actually, I'm in south central Missouri, right on the Arkansas line. I have succeeded using a cold frame here but didn't start one this year. Temps are below freezing these days. Winter sowing can be done any time most places. It just means providing a protected environment for the...

Yes, I have one on my front patio. It has been super. rapid growth for tomatoes and an abundance of them. I chose roman tomatoes, next year I'm going to do both roman and larger tomatoes. The most success I have ever had with tomatioes. I have nott had a problem with bugs as in the past. I happen...

I am really late getting my garden started this year. Normally I try to plant around the first or second week of May, but this year we had a frost through the third week of May and it has rained and been too wet to till the ground until now. So my husband and I tilled the ground Monday and Tuesday we...

Chop or dig up a small area in your yard, sow some seeds, and watch them grow! Belle

I found this book with easy to understand instructions on saving and sowing seed and how to let plants "go to seed". It offers lots of info about what the seed should look like when it is ready to be collected, methods to plant, etc. I started saving seed with the easy plants like marigolds...