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Arid Land Gardening
December 29, 2008
Tinkers Gardens
I am using tinkers method of watering next year. It involves
digging trenches through the center of each bed.
Click on wide row chart to see how this is done.
Desert Vegetable Gardening
Has a few tips on growing veggies in the heat
Growing tomatoes can be difficult in the hot Las Vegas desert
Tips for hot weather tomato growing
Buried Clay Pot Irrigation
Planting seeds around a burried flower pot filled with water
Using Ollas
Watering using buried unglazed pottery jars
Homemade ollas
Photos showing how to make and use homemade ollas
January 26, 2009
Pepper Garden Design and Planning
This site has some interesting watering ideas such as: ridges and furrows,
sunken beds, modified irrigated beds.
Cover Crops
December 27, 2008
Cover Crop Guide
Contains growing information on 45 types of cover crops. Pictures included.
Dandelions
December 27, 2008
Dandelion Watch
Looking at the same plant or patch of Dandelions every year,
then recording the date that they flower will help us to see
how the climate is changing."
How to Make Roasted Dandelion Root Coffee
Dandelion - Botanical.com
History, cultivation and herbal uses of dandelion.
Dandelion Root Cancer Treatment
How one man cured his cancer using dandelion root
Dandelions: Pure Gold
History and Medical Use of Dandelions
Dandelions - alternatives from nature
Medicinal use of dandelions.
The real health benefits of dandelion!
Health Benefits of Dandelions - the leaf lady
Heirloom Vegetable Gardening
December 29, 2008
Grow open pollinated seeds for self-reliant gardening
Reasons to grow open pollinated veggies.
History of Fruit
January 5, 2009
Bats, Bananas, pesticides and child labour
History of Vegetables
January 5, 2009
Two New Beans from America
First Beets Yielded Only Greens
Beet history
Cabbage History: broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kohlrabi,
and kale
Carrots for Valuable Vitamin A
History of the Carrot - Carrot Museum
Corn: As American as Apple Pie
The History and Evolution of Corn
January 13, 2009
Celery First Used as a Medicine
Thinking of a Thorny Thistle? This Bud's for You! - Artichokes
January 29, 2009
Companion of Misery in Slave Ships - Black eyed Peas
Collards--the Sweetheart of Soul Food
Pickles and Salads Owe a Debt to India - Cucumbers
A Brief History of Cucumbers
Eggplant -- A Mad Apple with a Dark Liaison
Garlic in History
Garlic--Stinking Rose or Revered Medicine
Lentils in History
Universal Boon to the Salad Bowl - Lettuce
Cantaloupes Hide their True Identity
Muskmelons Originated in Persia (Persia used to be much larger)
Okra, or "Gumbo," from Africa
Onion Aficionados
Two Mediterranean Root Crops: Parsnips and Salsify
Peanuts--Whada 'Ya Mean it's a Bean?
Garden Pepper, Both a Vegetable and a Condiment
Garden Peas and Spinach from the Middle East
Pease Porridge Hot, Pease Porridge Cold
World's No. 1 Vegetable - Potato
Asians Eat Giant Radishes
Near Eastern Plant in American Pies - Rhubarb
Rhubarb History
Rutabagas -- An Uncommon Treat
Squash Named from an Indian Word
What is the history of squashes?
Sweet Potato, Another American
Tomatillo plays Hide and Seek in a Paper Lantern
The Tomato Had To Go Abroad To Make Good
I Say Tomayto, You Say Tomahto...
Tomato History
Turnip and Its Hybrid Offspring (rutabaga)
An African Native of World Popularity - Watermelon
How to Grow Vegetables
July 26, 2008
Cornell University Vegetable Growing Guides
guides to growing 58 vegetables.
How to Make Newspaper Pots
How to make a newspaper pot for starting seeds
These are square origami pots with flaps.
Make Your Own Plantable Seed Starter Pots
These are pots rolled on a spice bottle.
Make seed pots!
These are pots rolled on a soup or paste can. - scroll down a bit to
get to the directions
No Till Gardening
No Till Gardening
Brief description on the way nature gardens
No-Till Biological Control
Soil life increases health of soil.
Lazy Man’s Garden
Ones man's personal experience gardening without disturbing the soil.
January 13, 2009
To Till or Not to Till
A discussion of the effects of tilling on soil.
January 28, 2009
Ploughman's Folly
Examination on why ploughing is wrong.
Plants for a Future
Wherever possible, do not dig.
Planting Dates
December 27, 2008
Spring planting dates according to last frost date
Fall planting dates based on first frost date
Frost dates according to city
Spring planting dates - Texas
Fall planting dates - Texas
Spring planting dates - north central texas
Fall planting dates - north central texas
Reviews for Vegetable Varieties
December 27, 2008
Cornell vegetable variety reviews
Gardeners around the country rate various veggie varieties
Dave's Garden Plants Database
photos and descriptions of tons of garden plants
Roots
Root Development of Vegetable Crops
images of vegetable roots. They go down deeper than you would think.
December 27, 2008
Root Development of Field Crops
Description of what is going on in the soil. Also has and pictures of field
crops roots (mostly grains).
Starting Seeds Inside
July 26, 2008
Starting Vegetable Seeds Indoors That Thrive
step by step guide on how to start veggie seeds inside.
Soil Health
The Soil Food Web
What is going on beneath the soil and how soil life benefits the plants.
Building Fertile Soil
Your plants feed the soil life and the soil life feeds your plants.
There is more to soil than just dirt
Dead plants and insects feed the soil.
Weather Forecasts
December 27, 2008
weather.com
Enter zip and get 10 day forecast for temperature and precipitation. Also has
lots of other info including: pollen count, mosquito forecast, gardener's
forecast (under home and family tab). Also has national weather conditions.
WFAA.com
Dallas area 5 day forecast
wunderground.com
Enter zip to get weather for your local area. Click on 'weather history
for this location' in 'current conditions box' to see the daily, weekly,
monthly, or yearly weather history for the area selected. Also has
national weather conditions.
Weeds
April 12, 2009
Weeds Guardians of the Soil
This book explains how weeds bring up minerals from the sub soil, break up
hardpan, are indicators of soil condition, help crops withstand drought
better, allow crop roots to dive deeper, store up minerals, prevent
errosion, and many are edible.
What Weeds Can Tell You About Your Garden
Plant things in your garden that your weeds are telling you to plant.
Why the Weeds Grow
"Some weeds are pioneer plants as they are able to grow in soil unsuited
for edible or domesticated plants. Each year, as the pioneer plants grow
and decay, the soil is improved."
Soil Indicator Weeds
A chart of weeds and what they indicate
Using Weeds as Indicators of Turf Management and Environmental Conditions
"Presence of specific weeds in turf provides clues to the type(s)
of environmental and management problems. "
Good Weeds
Lists soil conditions and what weeds will grow under those conditons
Weeds are Indicators of Soil Problems
Weeds associated with different soil problems
Indicator Weeds and Soil Conditions
List of weeds and conditions that they prefer
More to come..
I will keep adding links as I have energy and time to do so.
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