Think these plants are just for food? Try adding fruits and vegetables to your existing gardens. It will save labor and looks great! Okra is just a hibiscus, chili peppers add lots of colors to the garden, thyme makes one of the best ground covers, blueberries have amazing fall color, parsley is great for adding texture to mixed pots, and I'm not even going to mention swiss chard! The list goes on!
Tomatoes
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Chili Peppers
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It's almost time! Pro tip, ignore any one that mentions "last frost date". Frost means something different to tropical vines, which is what tomatoes are. Never plant a tomato until night time lows are in the 50's.
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Similar story for chiles; they are a tropical shrub. Wait for warm nights, or even better, check mesonet.org for soil temps. 2" in the 60's is perfect!
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Much of the produce in grocery stores has been sitting in the store's back room, on trucks, or in wholesale warehouses for weeks to months! Grocery Store tomatoes (even so called vine ripened) are picked green so they are firm, packed well, and then dosed with ethylene gas to mimic ripe fruit flavors. The only way to know what a tomato (or cucumber, potato, strawberry, or watermelon) really tastes like, is to grow it!
Local and Organically Grown Herbs - 4.00 unless marked differently
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Basil
Lavender Parsley - 5 Sage 4.00 Extracta - 18 Bergertten - 6 |
Fruits and Veggies
Elderberry, Native
9.00 - 1 gallon - Part Sun - 4
16.00 - 3 gallon - Part Sun - 3
Pineapple - 5
12.99 - Tropical Full to Part Sun
9.00 - 1 gallon - Part Sun - 4
16.00 - 3 gallon - Part Sun - 3
Pineapple - 5
12.99 - Tropical Full to Part Sun
Gardening is an easy way to get anybody outside! Having children help plant edible plants can help improve self confidence, it's great exercise, and children are more likely to eat something they grew themselves! It also helps solidify math and science skills being taught in school.
http://www.pbs.org/parents/expert-tips-advice/2016/03/gardening-kids-affects-childs-brain-body-soul/
http://www.pbs.org/parents/expert-tips-advice/2016/03/gardening-kids-affects-childs-brain-body-soul/
Other Edibles, Please Contact us for Prices
https://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/reasons-to-grow-your-own-vegetables
Butterfield, Bruce. ''Impact of Home and Community Gardening In America.'' The National Gardening Association (2009): 1-17. Accessed April 2009. http://www.gardenresearch.com.
http://www.plangarden.com/app/vegetable_value/
Butterfield, Bruce. ''Impact of Home and Community Gardening In America.'' The National Gardening Association (2009): 1-17. Accessed April 2009. http://www.gardenresearch.com.
http://www.plangarden.com/app/vegetable_value/