February, 2010 // Posts published in February, 2010
Vegetable gardening in March
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Autumn comes to the Southern Hemisphere in March, and this is the time for planting cool season crops such as: Beetroot Brussels sprouts Carrots Cauliflower Leeks Onions Sugar snaps Sweet peas Lettuce Spinach Broccoli Cabbage When harvesting pumpkins, allow them to cure in the sun – this allows the skin to harden. Remember to keep ...
Vegetable gardening in February
February is late summer in the Southern hemisphere. This is a time for preparation for the harvest, not a time for frenzied planting. Do your maintenance, weeding and general cleaning up in February as you allow your plants to grow. You can, however, plant spring cabbage and parsley during February. When harvesting onions, let them ...
Vegetable gardening in January
Mulch: get your hands dirty! Your vegetables will thank you profusely if you give them a mulch of organic material as the summer temperatures soar. Tomatoes and leafy greens will respond exceptionally well, but beets, carrots, leeks and onions will do well to. You can use liquid manure (animal droppings from cows and horses etc ...
Treating bumps and blisters on lemon trees
Lemon trees will often get little bumps and blisters on their leaves. This is most likely caused by tiny insects called gall makers. The appearance of these insects, Tryoza erytreal, is a common problem in citrus trees. Linda B asks: I have a lemon tree and a small lime tree in a pot and I ...
Grow fruits and vegetables to beat recession
UK newspaper The Telegraph has reported that more than a quarter of people in the UK are growing their own fruit and vegetable in efforts to survive the recession. Rising food prices, retrenchments and overall economic downturn has prompted this move to “The Good Life”. Most of the 1,000 people surveyed said they would save ...
Earthwise Living
Everyone wants to live a life that is happy and balanced.You want to feel fit and healthy, save money on your monthly household expenses and reduce the negative impact you have on the environment. You can do all of this by changing your habits and living an earth-wise life. Earth-wise living simply means that instead ...
Get fit with 100 pushups
One hundred push ups is all it takes to get super fit and healthy – according to http://hundredpushups.com/. The site offers a six week training program that promises to increase your strength to the point where you can do 100 consecutive push ups. Sound crazy? It actually seems to work…and if you think that you’ll ...
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