Do you come home from work, tired and stressed out to the point that all you want to do is pop a microwave dinner in the microwave, toss back a few and sit and vegetate the rest of the evening in front of the T.V.?
Perhaps you have had a frustrated day dealing with employees, boss, people in general, traffic, failure, children, spouse and the list goes on. You work hard but there seems to be little to show for all your efforts.
Then I suggest it is time for a new hobby: vegetable gardening! There is much to be said for running one's fingers through the soil, planting the seed and nurturing the plants as they grow, and finally eating what you have grown.
As we work with our garden, the stress and frustration of the day will transfer itself from our fingers into the soil and be replaced by a feeling of content and joy.
Why? Because in the beginning we were all farmers. There is an inherent nature within us that cries out to grow something.
Vegetable gardening will be fun, exciting and a lot of hard work. There will also be some disappointment and frustration when our seeds do not take on the life we had hoped they would, or an insect or disease takes out our plants.
And there is always the heat for some areas. In temps over 90, the plants just will not do well no matter how much water we put on them.
Generally speaking, I have a lot of wasp nests around. I do not kill these wasps unless I have to because they are good insect killers.
In today’s market, it seems we pay almost $1 for a can of green beans. The can is half bean and half water. Even if you do not grow green beans, you can save a lot of money going to the store and buying them by the bulk. Then you can actually can them yourself for later use.
As you look through this vegetable gardening site, you may be getting ideas about your own garden. We have talked about mulching,composting and many other subjects.
I have posted a lot of photos/videos for the 2009 Growing season so we can see the before, during and the after. We have experimented with different ideas and techniques just to see what happens.
Look for 2010 updates on each page as you read to see the different things we are trying this year from last year. As you will see I have posted both the good and the bad. It would be easy for me to hide my mistakes but I will post them as well so that we can all learn from them.
Site Information Home Page This page is our Site Information Home Page. It contains articles on the author, SBI, advertisers, how to search this site and other information pages.
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New Information New Information gives a description of all the new pages and information on this site about vegetable gardening.
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Privacy Policy This page is to show our visitors our privacy policy.
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Resources This page has some resources for your convenience. I have handpicked each one to help you as you plan your garden.
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Javelinas This page is a video of Javelinas I took while in Leakey, Texas.
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Growing Asparagus This page provides instructions and photos on Growing Asparagus. Vegetable Gardening Made Easier is using the Jersey Knight F1 as its model.
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How to Cook Dry Beans This page provides instructions on How to Cook Dry Beans.
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Beet Home Page This page is our Beet Home Page. It is an index to all of our pages on growing, harvesting, cooking and freezing beets.
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Broccoli Home Page This page is our Broccoli Home Page. It is an index to all of our pages on growing, harvesting, cooking and freezing broccoli.
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Growing Brussels Sprouts This page is about growing brussels sprouts. We are using the Churchill as our model.
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How to Cook Brussel Sprouts This page provides written and visual instructions on How to Cook Brussel Sprouts.
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How to Grow Cabbage This page provides written and visual information on How to Grow Cabbage. The model we will be using is the Ruby Perfection F1 which is a purple cabbage.
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Growing Cantaloupes This page provides information for Growing Cantaloupes. Vegetable Gardening Made Easier is using the Athena F1 as its model for the 2010 season.
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Carrot Home Page This page is our Carrot Home Page. It is an index to all of our pages on growing, harvesting, cooking and freezing carrots.
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Cauliflower Home Page This page is our Cauliflower Home Page. It is an index to all of our pages on growing, harvesting, cooking and freezing cauliflower.
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Growing Celery This page will provide instructions and pictures for Growing Celery. The celery Vegetable Gardening Made Easier will be using as its model is the Tango OG.
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How to Cook Mushrooms This page provides visual and written instructions on how to cook mushrooms.
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How to Make Enchiladas This page gives my own recipeon How to Make Enchiladas.
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Corn Home Page This page is our Corn Home Page. It is an index to all of our pages on growing, harvesting, cooking and freezing Corn.
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Cucumber Home Page This page is our Cucumber Home Page. It is an index to all of our pages on growing and harvesting cucumbers.
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Keeping Earthworms This page is about Keeping Earthworms and their benefit to gardening.
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Earthworms for Sale This page gives instructions on Earthworms for Sale.
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How to Grow Eggplant This page provides written and visual instructions on How to Grow Eggplant. For the purpose of this page VGME will be using the Orient Express F1.
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How to Cook Eggplant This page gives instructions and photos on How to Cook Eggplant.
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Fall Vegetable Garden 2009 This page talks about preparing for the fall vegetable garden.
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Fall Vegetable Garden 2010 This page provides written and visual instructions for the Fall Vegetable Garden 2010.
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Scarlet Runner Bean This page gives instructions and photos on planting and growing the runner bean also know as the phaseolus coccineus. The model Vegetable Gardening Made Easier is using is the Scarlet Runner Bean.
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Garden Plans Home Page This page is our Garden Plans Home Page. It is an index to our pages on different types of gardens, layouts and materials.
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How to Grow Grape Vines This page will provide written and visual instructions on How to Grow Grape Vines. The model Vegetable Gardening Made Easier will be using is the Einset.
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Green Bean Home Page This page is our Green Bean Home Page. It is an index to all of our pages on growing, harvesting, cooking and freezing bush and pole green beans.
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Indoor Greenhouse This page is about starting plants in an Indoor Greenhouse.
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Grow Lights for Plants This page talks about Grow Lights for Plants.
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Starting Seeds Inside This page provides written and visual instructions for Starting Seeds Inside.
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Greenhouse Vegetable Gardening This page talks about building a greenhouse and greenhouse vegetable gardening.
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Growing Tomatoes in a Greenhouse This page is about Growing Tomatoes in a Greenhouse.
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Corn Worm This page is about the Corn Worm which attacks corn and other crops.
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How to Grow Lettuce This page provides visual and written information on How to Grow Lettuce. Vegetable Gardening Made Easier is using the Nancy OG for a model.
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Growing Leaf Lettuce This page provides written and photo instruction for Growing Leaf Lettuce. Vegetable Gardening Made Easier will be using the Adriana for its model.
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Growing Lettuce from Seed This page is about Growing Lettuce from Seed. For this purpose we will use the Jericho OG.
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Lunar Planting for 2010 This page is about lunar planting for your vegetable garden.
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Vegetable Garden Companion Planting This page is about Vegetable Garden Companion Planting.
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How to Grow Melons This page provides written and visual information on How to Grow Melons. Vegetable Gardening Made Easier will use the Savor F1 as a model.
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How to Grow Watermelons This page provides written and photo instructions on How to Grow Watermelons using the Sugar Baby as a model.
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Planting Melons This page provides written and visual instructions for Planting Melons. For the 2010 season Vegetable Gardening Made Easier used the San Juan F1 melon for its sample.
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How to Grow Okra This page provides written and visual instructions on How to Grow Okra. Vegetable Gardening Made Easier is using the Millionaire F1 for its model.
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How to Cook Okra This page provides written and visual instructions on How to Cook Okra.
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Onion Home Page This page is our Onion Home Page. It is an index to all of our pages on growing, harvesting and storing onions.
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Advantages of Organic Fertilizers This page talks about using Advantages of Organic Fertilizers in the vegetable garden. These are fertilizers that provide nutrients to vegetable plants without using chemicals.
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Using Organic Fungicides This page will provide written, video and photo information on using Organic Fungicides.
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Organic Insecticides This page provides written, photo and video instructions for using organic insecticides.
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How to Grow Peas This page will provide instructions and pictures on How to Grow Peas. Vegetable Gardening Made Easier will be using the Feisty as a model.
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Sweet Peppers Home Page This is our Sweet Peppers Home Page for various types of Bell and Sweet Peppers.
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Hot Peppers Home Page This page is our Hot Peppers Home Page. It is an index to all of our pages on growing, harvesting, drying, cooking and freezing Hot Peppers.
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Pumpkin Home Page This page is our Pumpkin Home Page. It is an index to all of our pages on growing, harvesting, cooking and freezing pumpkin.
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How to Grow Radishes This page provides written and visual instructions on How to Grow Radishes.
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Raised Garden Beds Home Page This is our Raised Garden Beds Home Page which is a link to all of our pages on garden beds, raised beds and container growing.
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Seeds Home Page This is Vegetable Garden Made Easier Seeds Home Page. Here there are pages posted on the different characteristics of seeds.
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Soil Preparation Home Page This page is Vegetable Gardening Made Easier's Soil Preparation Home Page where we have posted all of our pages concerning garden soil.
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Growing Spinach This page provides instruction and pictures on Growing Spinach. Vegetable Gardening Made Easier is using the 7-Green spinach type for its model.
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Seeds for Sprouts This page is about Seeds for Sprouts which are edible seeds that are full of nutrition.
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Growing Broccoli Sprouts and Other Edible Sprouts This page is about Growing Broccoli Sprouts. Here we give instructions, video and photos to help anyone grow edible sprouts.
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Squash Diseases This page provides written and visual instructions for dealing and preventing squash diseases.
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Growing Squash This page provides written and visual instructions for Growing Squash. Vegetable Gardening Made Easier is using the Waltham Butternut for its model.
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How to Grow Squash The page provides written and visual instruction on How to Grow Squash. Vegetable Gardening Made Easier is using the Yellow Crookneck (OG) as its model. This will be the second planting for the.....
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Growing Summer Squash This page gives written and visuals instructions for Growing Summer Squash. Vegetable Gardening Made Easier will be using the Gentry F1 as its example.
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Yellow Crookneck Squash This page provides instructions and photos on how to grow Yellow Crookneck Squash. Vegetable Gardening Made Easier will be using the Yellow Crookneck Squash which is a summer squash.
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Growing Butternut Squash This page provides instructions and photos on Growing Butternut Squash, which is a winter squash. For our model we will be using the Waltham Butternut Squash.
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Growing Winter Squash This page is about growing winter squash.
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Growing Acorn Squash This page shows pictures and gives instructions on Growing Acorn Squash using the Honey Bear (F1) as the model.
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Three Sisters: Corn, Pole Bean, Squash This page provides information about the Three Sisters: Corn, Pole Beans and Squash.
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Making Tomato Juice This page provides written and visual instructions for making tomato juice.
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Growing Potted Tomatoes using Topsy Turvy This page is about growing Potted Tomatoes in a Topsy Turvy.
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Freezing Tomatoes This page provides written and visual instructions for freezing tomatoes.
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Determinate Tomatoes This page is about determinate and interdeterminate tomateos.
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Watering Tomato Plants This page is about watering tomato plants.
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Grafting Tomatoes for Disease Prevention This page provides written and visual instructions on Grafting Tomatoes to make disease resistant plants.
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Growing Tomatoes from Seeds This page provides instructions and photos for Growing Tomatoes from Seeds. The tomato Vegetable Gardening Made Easier will be using is the Red Grape F1. This tomato is an indeterminate type and of
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Best Tomatoes Growing Tips This page is about Best Tomatoes Growing Tips to help the home gardener grow great tomatoes. Vegetable Garden Made Easier will use the Big Beef F1 as our example for the 2010 season.
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Vegetable Garden Tools This page is about Vegetable Garden Tools for the home gardener to use in his vegetable garden.
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Hand Seed Sower When it comes to using a hand seed sower there are many options available to get the accurate seed sowing rate gardeners crave.
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Solar Mulch This page is about using Solar Mulch to improve our harvest and make gardening easier.
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Tomato Clips for Vegetgable Plants This page talks about tying up tomatoes and other plants with Tomato Clips.
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Cow Pots are Registered as CowPots Cow Pots are the organic new seed starter. This page talks about Eco-friendly CowPots which are a nutrient rich, renewable, American product made from recycled cow manure - as seen on TV's Dirty Jobs!
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Countertop Composter This page provides written and photo instructions for using a Countertop Composter.
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Tumbler Composters are Great for Recycling Kitchen Waste This page is about Envirocycle Composter Tumbler Composters.
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Plant Biology Plant Biology or Botany is what we need to know before we start our gardening, we need to have an idea on how plants work.
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Pollinating Plants This page is about Pollinating Plants.
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Transplanting Plants Transplanting plants is a very easy process but a little hard on the back. It requires a properly prepared bed or container.
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Hardening Off Plants This page provides instructions for hardening off plants. Our tender transplants have to be toughened up some before being introduced to its new....
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Growing Strawberry Plants This page provides instructions and photos for Growing Strawberry Plants. Vegetable Gardening Made Easier is using the Sequoia as its model.
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Growing Alpine Strawberries This page provides instructions and photos on Growing Alpine Strawberries. Vegegtable Gardening Made Easier will be using the Alexandria for its model.
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Growing Strawberries Garden This page gives instructions and pictures about Growing Strawberries Garden. Vegetable Gardening Made Easier is using the Sequoia Strawberry as its model for this page.
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Growing Strawberries From Seeds This page provides instructions and photos on Growing Strawberries from Seeds. Vegetable Gardening Made Easier will be planting the Tarpan F1.
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Growing Sunflowers This page provides written and visual instructions for Growing Sunflowers. Vegetable Gardening Made Easier will be using the Moulin Rouge F1 for its model.
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Growing Giant Sunflowers This page provides instructions and photos on Growing Giant Sunflowers. Vegetable Garden Made Easier will be using the Lyng's California Greystripe as its model for the 2010 growing season.
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Growing Harvesting Sunflowers This page provides information, photos and video on Growing Harvesting Sunflowers.
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Growing Turnips This page gives verbal and visual instructions on Growing Turnips. For our study for the Fall 2009 season, Vegetable Garden Made Easier is using the Purple Top White Globe.
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How to Cook Turnips This page provides written and visual directions on how to cook turnips.
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