Herb and Herbal Matters » tomatoes

What’s a good herb to grow for beginners?

pano — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:33:30 +0000

I’m interested in starting a vegetable/herb garden at home, but I am an absolute beginner. I don’t have much space in my backyard (9 m square), and was thinking it might be a good idea to start growing things in pots. I’d like to grow some herbs and basic salad vegetables, like lettuces, cucumbers and tomatoes.
I’d like some suggestions of where would be a good place to start for someone who’s never gardened before and who’s worried about killing more things than I grow.
Any advice is welcome and greatly appreciated.

How hard would it be to do indoor gardening and grow basic fruits and vegetables?

pano — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:37:02 +0000

for two year round?

How much space would be needed? How much would something like this cost?

I just want to have apples and berries (maybe melons) and salad greens, cucumber,s tomatoes, green pepper, carrots, celery and some herbs year round. Just a piece for breakfast and a vegetable salad for lunch and a vegetable soup for dinner, etc.

Thank you!

Where i can find a indoor growing kit for produce?

pano — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:16:14 +0000

I live in an inner city appartment with limited window space and no back yard. I want to supplement my groceries by growing my own produce, from tomatoes to zucchini, lettuce, eggplants as well as herbs indoors.
Does anyone know any plug and play solutions available on the market. Ive heard of Aerogarden.
Also do you have an idea of the best composting solution.

how to cook the soup for a body cleansing diet?

pano — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:27:23 +0000

I am cleansing my insides. The 7 day diest calls for only fruit the first day, only veggies the second, fruits and veggies the third, bananas, 3 glasses of milk, and a special soup the fourth, tomatoes and 2 10 oz portions of beef on the fifth day, beef and veggies the sixth, and brown rice, fruit juices, and veggies the seventh. plus lots of water everyday.

the soup is a supplement to the diet. it includes 28 oz of h2o, 6 large onions, 2 green peppers, whole tomatoes, 1 head of cabbage, 1 bunch of celery, 4 envelopes of lipton onion soup mix, and herbs/spices for flavor.

My only problem is I don’t know how to prepare the soup…can anyone help?

how to cook the soup for a body cleansing diet?

pano — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:39:59 +0000

My only problem is I don’t know how to prepare the soup…can anyone help?

What is eating my pepper plants?

pano — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:00:42 +0000

I planted pepper, cucumber, tomato and some herbs in my raised vegetable garden bed this year. The cubes, tomatoes and herbs are growing quite nicely but the pepper plants are struggling. It seems that something is eating the leaves and the small buds when they first form. The bed is surrounded by deer netting which, i hope, is keeping most critters out. So what could be eating at my pepper plants, and why aren’t they going after the other plants?

I have a 13×13(?) foot plot in a community garden. Can you help me plan what to plant?

pano — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:22:28 +0000

I want green peppers, tomatoes..at this point I get lost. It does get full sun. I might also get a 2nd plot.

Are there vegetables that grow better together, and some that cannot be grown with others? Just help with planning a basic garden…no herbs, don’t have the experience. Help?

Can I also plant flowers? I know some are edible, which ones?

Thank you so much..I am quite excited about this.

Oh…this area got hit by tomato blight last year. So far the year has been unnaturally damp. Should I forgo tomatoes altogether?

My dad put pest moss and manure in his garden. Should I? I don’t know the PH, its in a lot where a building was tore down; lots of bits of crumbled brick, etc, in the soil.
Thanks for all the help!

What are easy garden plants to grow?

pano — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:57:55 +0000

I’m starting a small garden on my patio–the light is just OK, as there is an awning above, but I am optimistic. I was thinking tomatoes and maybe some herbs. Any suggestions?

Is it ok to give herbs an all purpose plant and vegetable feed to help them grow?

pano — Sun, 29 May 2011 04:48:34 +0000

We’re growing dill, parsley, chives and basil. Or might it be bad once we consume them? We didn’t read the instructions properly so we’ve been giving it everyday instead of once a week but they are growing anyway, will just do it once a week now though. The stuff we’re usiing is called "Feed Me" (a small yellow bottle of concentrate that makes 80 litres supposedly) Also trying to grow tomatoes and wild strawberries. All in pots on our kitchen windowsill, lol. But we also put them outside on a table in the back garden during the day. Never tried to grow anything before so all very new to us. Thanks.
Manure tea, I’m empty reaching here…..ahhh,ahhhh….lol Kitchen would smell like a toilet me thinks…..In the pots we just have regular earth mixed with something called "coco peat" that we bought.
Thanks but it’s not called Orchid fertiliser, it’s simply called "Feed Me", made by some company called "151" http://www.151.co.uk/index.html I can’t see the fertaliser at their site, maybe they no longer make it, it was only about €2/ anyway.

Does anyone know anything about plants/Vegetables/chemicals as a home remedy?

pano — Fri, 27 May 2011 19:13:12 +0000

Like tomatoes are good for the skin or how you can make smoke bombs or herbs that are good for a good nights sleep ….. And what does Belladonna actually do; in the movie Practical Magic they said it could calm your nerves, how?