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Urban Gardening 101: How to Deal with Contaminated Soil
A common motivation for growing food at home is the sense that it is safer to eat than store-bought food. When you grow it yourself
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Tunnel farming with cucumbers methods for success
Today, Charles Farming produces between 450 000 and 500 000 a year by tunnel farming with cucumbers, but when they were first shown the 2,2ha plot in Margate
Grow Lights for Indoor Plants and Indoor Gardening: An Overview
Large, LED arrays like this aren't your only options when it comes to grow lights for indoor gardening and plants.
Cucumbers save the day
Janie Cilliers became a farmer out of necessity, but soon fell in love with it. And, after much hard toil, seven years down the line JC Trading in Brits
7 Perennial Herbs to Plant Now
Growing vegetables successfully takes ample dedication and a fair bit of growing space plus the knowledge to do it right.
Potting Soil Mix Explained: Ingredients and Labels
If gardening in a container of any sort, most of us rely on a commercially produced potting mix to fill them. But should we? Here's a primer to the basic
Understanding nitrogen fertilisation in vegetables – part 3
Different vegetables require a “push” at different stages, which is why it is important to understand how nitrogen works in the soil, and its subsequent
Understanding nitrogen fertilisation in vegetables – part 1
Of all the plant nutrients, nitrogen has the greatest influence on the success of any crop. While a shortage of any element will be a limiting factor
Cropped: Tips for Growing Hops
Pale ales. Pilsners. Lagers. The artisanal beer business is booming, making this vigorous climbing plant a sure bet for savvy commercial growers.
Taking your sweet potatoes through to maturity
Even though sweet POTATOES are a generally low-care crop, some pests can cause a complete wipe-out. You need to do regular inspections and know what to look for
7 Gourmet Vegetables to Plant Now for Fall Harvest
Broccoli, lettuce, kale, arugula, radishes most gardeners know these “cool season” crops fail to thrive in summer but also grow crisp and tasty
10 Summer Squash Varieties: Some You Know, Some You Don’t
There are hundreds of varieties of summer squash, ranging from dark green to bright yellow, long to stubby, smooth to lumpy to ridged. It's a complicated family
Using radish to control cyst eelworm
A fodder radish crop can exterminate up to 95% of a cyst eelworm population and be used for biofumigation, writes Bill Kerr.