May 25, 2007

National Gardening Association's Healthy Sprouts Awards to Support …

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As a way to encourage the growth of health-focused youth gardens, the National Gardening Association recognizes outstanding programs via the Healthy Sprouts Awards, sponsored by Gardener's Supply. The awards support school and youth

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February 28, 2007

Ready, Set, Go

On the heat mats and under lights, seeds of greens, cabbage, butterfly weed, parsley and fennel are coming up and doing well. The Brussels sprouts seedlings have already been transplanted into their own individual 2-inch pots and have …

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April 19, 2007

Fall and Winter Greens

Cool weather vegetable gardening offers many advantages, not the least of which is the colorful choice of crops that can be grown, like 'Bright Lights' chard, ‘Red Russian’ Brussels sprouts, ‘Osaka Purple’ mustard greens or any of the

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March 9, 2007

Sanctification through Gardening

Sprouts. I have been sprouting some plants to have a mini-garden in pots outside our back door. I have shoots of bell peppers, tomatoes, and rosemary, and this week I’ve been hardening them off. I put the seed tray outside before I left …

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April 5, 2007

Sprouter

These problems are easily solved by an automatic sprouter that mists and drains the sprouts at regular intervals. To control temperature, in the winter a warming blanket can be placed under the sprouter, and in the summer small fans in …

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April 4, 2007

Sprouting

Sprouting is the practice of soaking, draining, then rinsing at regular intervals seeds until they germinate and begin to sprout. Seeds that can be sprouted. One of the most common sprouts is that of the mung bean (Vigna radiata), …

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April 1, 2007

Stumbling through the gardening landscape

The other day I was out in the yard, poking around investigating what is coming up in the garden. Along with the usual buds and sprouts of things we like, there are things we aren’t so crazy about. We refer to them as weeds: ground ivy, …

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March 29, 2007

Gardening blog's helpful posts of the week [Week 12]

Melanie from Bean Sprouts has a great post on 10 Movies that illustrate self-sufficient gardening. It takes a keen gardener to pick up on these things. Tobi from Garden Gremlin shares his seed starting set-up which is has become more …

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April 19, 2007

Tip: Plant Potatoes

Two weeks before your last frost date plant certified disease-free potato tubers. Cut tubers so each piece has two "eyes" or sprouts. Amend soil with compost and plant pieces one foot apart in a 12- inch deep trench.

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April 6, 2007

Nutritional information and precautions

Sprouts are rich in vitamins, minerals, Amino Acids, proteins and phytochemicals, as these are necessary for a germinating plant to grow [citation needed]. They are also rich in nutrients essential for human health. …

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