Family Garden Seed Collection: Lettuce, Carrots, Snow Peas, Tomatoes, Radishes, Cucumbers, Leeks, Green Pepper, Marigolds & Nasturtiums

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Posted by admin | Posted in Tomato seeds | Posted on 30-06-2010

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41p1pG TJYL. SL160  Family Garden Seed Collection: Lettuce, Carrots, Snow Peas, Tomatoes, Radishes, Cucumbers, Leeks, Green Pepper, Marigolds & Nasturtiums

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Our exclusive collection. Perfect mix for the home garden, offered in a unique collection for value and variety. The Family Garden Seed Collection includes seeds for eight popular vegetables, plus marigolds and nasturtiums. Using biodynamic principles, complimentary plants enhance crop health and yield, while nasturtiums and marigolds act as natural pest deterrents. Approximate seed quantities: 500 Romaine lettuce, 300 Little Finger Carrot, 30 Cucumber, 100 Radish B… More >>

Family Garden Seed Collection: Lettuce, Carrots, Snow Peas, Tomatoes, Radishes, Cucumbers, Leeks, Green Pepper, Marigolds & Nasturtiums

Comparing homemade tomato sauce and store bought sauce – Part 4

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Posted by admin | Posted in Tomato varieties | Posted on 27-06-2010

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The difference between homemade tomato sauce and store bought sauce can be compared to the difference between fresh popped popcorn and opening a bag of ready popped corn as you settle in to watch a movie. The fresh one engulfs you in the aroma and temperatures blending with the crisp textures in your mouth. Open a bag of ready pop and watch a movie and I dare say you can’t tell what it is you are ingesting!

Homemade tomato sauce is as different as those two pop corns! In a homemade sauce you have a freshness that can’t be mistaken or overlooked to the discriminating palate! homemade sauces contain a wonderful warm and fragrant combination of herbs, spices, vegetables and even differences in the varieties of tomatoes used, changes one homemade sauce from another.

It is possible to ‘punch up’ a store bought sauce if absolutely necessary ( if you are using store-bought, it IS absolutely necessary). This can be done by adding fresh herbs, a fresh onion, bits of fresh pepper and a chopped fresh tomato or two.

Then again, if you are doing all that go homemade all the way as there really is NO comparison!

Family Garden Seed Collection: Lettuce, Carrots, Golden Wax Beans, Tomato, Radishes, Cucumbers, Leeks, Green Pepper, Marigolds & Nasturtium

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Posted by admin | Posted in Tomato seeds | Posted on 02-04-2010

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41p1pG TJYL. SL160  Family Garden Seed Collection: Lettuce, Carrots, Golden Wax Beans, Tomato, Radishes, Cucumbers, Leeks, Green Pepper, Marigolds & Nasturtium

Product Description
Our exclusive collection. Perfect mix for the home garden, offered in a unique collection for value and variety. The Family Garden Seed Collection includes seeds for eight popular vegetables, plus marigolds and nasturtiums. Using biodynamic principles, complimentary plants enhance crop health and yield, while nasturtiums and marigolds act as natural pest deterrents. Approximate seed quantities: 500 Romaine lettuce, 300 Little Finger Carrot, 30 Cucumber, 100 Radish B… More >>

Family Garden Seed Collection: Lettuce, Carrots, Golden Wax Beans, Tomato, Radishes, Cucumbers, Leeks, Green Pepper, Marigolds & Nasturtium

Vegetable seed selection and soil preparation

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Posted by admin | Posted in How to grow tomatoes from seeds | Posted on 06-10-2009

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REAL tomatoes on the vine

We are all keenly aware of the health benefits of vegetables. In the peak of the season, there is nothing that tastes as delicious as a freshly picked tomato, or a perfect pepper, or a magnificent head of broccoli, or something as simple as a salad made from freshly picked lettuce. It’s hard to envision any of this until you have tasted something so fresh that the extent of the distance it has to travel is from the garden to your table.

Long before the economic situation in this country went from bad to worse, and things became ever more precarious by the day, I had already experienced the wonders of growing my own vegetables. There were times when I questioned whether I was really being rewarded for all of my efforts.

Once again, I have to admit that even though there is a tremendous amount of work involved in “growing my own vegetabless , the rewards of my labor are consistently evident in every bite I take of something I have grown myself.

There are huge advantages to growing your own vegetables from seed. First of all, when you grow any or all of your vegetables from seed, you have an enormous selection of different varieties of vegetables from which to choose. You are freer to tailor your planting or choose your seeds to fit the length of your gardening season.

“Heirloom seedsn offer gardeners the opportunity to grow vegetables that have been grown by other gardeners for 50 or more years. These seeds are as pure as they can be. They don’t undergo any of the genetic engineering that is characteristic of disease resistant hybrids.

Additionally, when you grow vegetables from seed, you have the ability to find unusual varieties that may not ever be available in smaller local garden centers or bigger retailers. You may be able to find seeds for vegetables that can be grown in containers. These choices are never available anywhere.

For anyone wishing to grow tomatoes, deciding to grow your tomatoes from seed can mean the difference between being able to grow tomatoes that are suitable for growing in containers, or finding a variety that is adaptable to “extreme heat, but it can also mean deciding whether to grow determinate varieties (those that yield a lot of tomatoes all at once,) or growing