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Browsing Archive: December, 2009

Easy to grow vegetable ideas

Posted by Lets Grow Your Own on Friday, December 11, 2009,
 I have based this list based on my own hard experience. These should suit the lazy gardener who has little time to carefully tend their crops every day. I like to grow in a largely organic way. The only chemicals that I ever use are a few slug pellets.
1. Spinach beet
This is a great crop that is very easy to grow. The slugs and caterpillars will have a gentle nibble at it but largely leave it alone. You can plant it directly into the soil and thin out the seedlings when they come up. You just...

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Grow Herbs on a Windowsill

Posted by Lets Grow Your Own on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, In : Herbs 
You can bring your herb garden indoors for the winter, by planting a windowsill garden. Many herb plants grow quite easily in containers and require only minimal care. You'll be snipping fresh herbs in your kitchen throughout the winter.

  1. Make sure you have a sunny windowsill where your herbs will survive. A south or southeast window would be perfect if it gets at least 5 hours of sun per day and is away from drafts.

  2. Purchase some of your favorite small herb plants from your local nu...

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