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Detailed Vegetable
Profiles
Bean
Broccoli
Carrot
Lettuce
Onion
Pea
Pepper
Pumpkin
Radish
Tomato
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Why
grow a home vegetable garden?
There are so many reasons to have a home vegetable garden, no matter how big or
how small, that it is hard to list them all. First, there are the obvious
reasons - eating healthful foods, saving money on groceries, blah blah
blah. Several decades ago, almost everyone had a backyard vegetable
patch. Neighbors would compare notes and have competitions to see who
would have the first ripe tomato of the season.
Life is busier now, and outdoor spaces have become smaller. But this
doesn't mean you can't enjoy fresh, organic produce from your own yard or
balcony. It can be as easy as tossing a few seeds into a container or it
can be a
large enough plot to feed the neighborhood. One of the nice things about
growing vegetables is that you can decide how much or how little you want to
grow. Once you have some successes, however, you will undoubtedly want to
move up to a bigger plot.
Vegetable gardening is a way to ease children into eating healthy foods.
They love the idea of planting a seed, watching it grow, and then harvesting and
eating the fruits of their labors. What they learn from this experience
they will carry for the rest of their lives in respect for the earth and healthy
living.
Lastly, vegetable gardening is gardening with a purpose. You plant what
you like and then consume it. The taste beats anything you can buy at the
store. You get outside, at least for a little while and get exercise and
sunlight, and dirt between your fingers. It's a mind-body-soul thing that
doesn't have to interfere with a busy lifestyle.
Anyhow, enough bandwagoning for now. This section is about vegetable
gardening, and we will start first with the vegetables themselves. I am
compiling lists and will publish them as they become available. Meanwhile,
closely related subjects include Companion
Planting and Herbs.
Herbs are natural counterparts to vegetables and can be interplanted with them
to achieve various goals. Check out the Gardening
section of retailers to find suppliers for everything you might need, or to find
that perfect gift for someone else. This
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