~Vegetable Gardening~

Vegetable gardens don't have to be your usual square or rectangular shape with everything in rows. If all you have to work with is a small space, dig out a little circle and plant a salsa garden. You could also plant a stir-fry garden. Plant all of your favourite veggies for stir-frying.

Plant a little herb garden. Adding fresh mint, parsley, or chives, to your summer salads gives them a whole new taste. Yum!

Plant peppers in-between your tomato plants. This discourages those pesky tomato worms from visiting, as they do not like peppers and will stay away.

When planting pepper seeds in the spring, drop 2-3 matches in with the seeds and cover. As the sulfur is released from the matches it encourages the peppers to grow. You will get twice as many and they will be twice as big.

To prevent cut worms from destroying your tomato and other plants, sprinkle crushed eggshells around them. You may also like to try ashes from the fire if you have a fireplace in your home. The ashes from hardwood work best.

Special thanks to Grace,