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Even though I live in an apartment I have started growing at least some of the food I eat, saving money, boosting my health, conserving energy and having lots of fun. The things I have grown so far, on my balcony, are tomatoes, potatoes, jalapeno peppers and flowers..

Later on in the future I plan to keep bees(maybe), and raise chickens for the fresh in the morning eggs.

When the harvest is in, i'm over at my blog ‘Family Gatherings Recipes’ learning how to cook, preserve, cure, brew, or pickle the fruits of my labor.

In today’s economic climate, it only makes sense to grow some of your own food. And I'm learning the easiest, most convenient, productive ways to grow a little, a lot, or even ALL the food my family and I eat each day!















Sunday, November 1, 2009




My Very Cherry Tomatoes. Summer 2009. Next year I am growing a whole row along the back of my house..
Here is the tonic I used to keep em goen..Next year I will have the best crop on the block.. I've been treating my plants with this Tomato Booster Tonic, for the past 2 months..
Tomato Booster Tonic
INGREDIENTS
2TSP. OF ePSOM SALTS
1 tsp. of baby shampoo
1 gal. of water
Instructions: Mix these ingredients in a watering can. Generously soak the soil around your tomato plants in early summer, just as they show a bunck of yellow flowers, to stimulate fruit set.
Making my tomatoes Sweet..
For the sweetest, juiciest tomatoes in town, take a tip from Mary Poppins and me: I added a spoonful of sugar to my watering can and soaked the soil around my tomato plants. I also used sugar and water in a spray bottle and spritz my plants when they had yellow flowers. The sugar packed spray lured bees to my veggie plants and ensured ppollination.
Sweet Success Spray
Ingredients
1/2 cup of sugar
Water
Instructions: Pour the sugar into 2 cups of water and bring to a boil, stirring, until the sugar is dissolved. Let mixture cool, dilute it with 1 gallon of water, and pour the solution into a hand-held sprayer. Then spritz your blooming platnts to the point of run-off. Before you know it, willing winged worders will fly to your rescue!

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Growing, Propagation and Division of Hostas Plants







Growing Hostas
Hostas are extremely popular, hardy herbaceous perennials grown primarily for their beautiful foliage. They are easy to grow, shade-tolerant plants. Leaves come in a wide range of shapes, colors, sizes, and textures and may be solid in color or variegated in different combinations of blue, green, white, and gold. The plants are low maintenance and are widely available in nurseries and garden centers. Many catalogs also offer a large selection of hosta plants, with more than 2,500 different cultivars on the market.