Edible
Gardens for fun, health, and savings!
Growing
your own herbs and vegetables is easy, rewarding, and loads
of fun. Come in to Swansons today for great 'plant starts',
seeds, fertilizers, and professional advice to get you on
the right path. Clicking
the links below will give you printable care sheets to help
you along.
GROWING
HERBS IN CONTAINERS
Herbs
can be grown together in combinations or separately in their
own individual pots.
Drier Mediterranean herbs prefer less water and fertilizer and
should be grown individually or together in large combo pots.
These include Rosemary,
Thyme, Oregano, Marjoram, Sage, Sweet
Bay and Lavender.
Succulent, leafy type herbs prefer regular water and fertilizer
and should be grown individually or together in large combo pots.
These include Basil, Parsley,
Chives, Dill, and Chervil.
Lettuce or other cool season salad greens can also be added in
if desired.
Cilantro is best grown from seed in succession plantings in
its own pots.
If you use a lot of cilantro, sow the seed directly into individual
pots. Sow one 12”-14” pot first, then wait two weeks to sow a
second pot, then wait two weeks to sow a third pot.
Completely harvest the first crop when mature (4”-6” high), then
remove all roots from the pot, add fresh soil if needed and sow
again for the next crop. Harvest the second and third pot and
repeat the process. Rotating the crops in this fashion provides
a succession planting of the freshest, most abundant greens.
Fertilize succulent herbs lightly each month with Dr.
Earth All Purpose Organic Fertilizer.
Lettuce
There
are hundreds of varieties of lettuce that appear
in all shapes, textures, flavors and sizes. Most lettuce are
hardy, cool season crops that can be planted as early as the
soil can be worked. They are easily grown from seed from spring
through late summer (with some protection from the hot afternoon
sun) and again in the cool temperatures of fall. Lettuce grows
quickly: water frequently and fertilize with liquid organic fetilizer
or compost tea. For baby greens, sow thickly and harvest with
scissors.
Click here
for lettuce quick info.
Beans
Beans are one of the easiest and most rewarding warm season vegetables
to grow in your garden. Plant beans after the soil has warmed in
May and repast plantings through summer for fall harvest
The difference in the taste between a grocery store bean and
one hand picked from an
organic garden is like night and day.
Click here for bean growing care sheet.
Peas
Growing peas is fun, easy and very rewarding. A cool season crop
grown in spring or fall, peas are classified as three types:
English Shelling peas, Sugar Snap peas or Snow peas.
The hardest decision to make is choosing a variety. Click
here for information. |
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