Cherokee Purple Tomato

 

Cherokee Purple Tomato Seeds

An old tomato heirloom that has outstanding flavor.

This tomato dates back to pre-1890 and is recognized as an old Cherokee Indiana heirloom that originated in Tennessee. Tomato has semi-meaty flesh with average seed/flesh ratio. Offers some of the best flavor with an earthy-sweet, rich taste that is delicious eaten raw. Cherokee Purple has beautiful purple skin with a slight pinkish-red hue. This plant produces large vines and large beefsteak fruits that average 8-20 ounces.

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Clemson Spineless Okra

 

Clemson Spineless Okra Seed

An All American Selections winner for a reason. A high yielding plant that produces dark green, grooved pods without spines.

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Mexican Sour Gherkin Cucumber

 

Mexican Sour Gherkin Cucumber Seeds

Looking like lilliputian watermelons with their distinctive dark and light green "rinds, they make up in character what they lack in size. The Mexican Sour Gherkin (Melothria scabra) is an heirloom native to Mexico and Central America, where it's known as sandita (little watermelon). But it tastes neither sour nor like a watermelon; the palm-sized fruit is bright and tangy on the tongue, like cucumber with a twist of lemon.

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Tongue of Fire Bean Seeds

 

Tongue of Fire Bean Seeds

This bush bean is a beautiful yet tasty bean! The fresh shell beans are large and round shaped. 6-7" string less pods are great young. An Italian bean that can be eaten fresh, frozen or canned.

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Kentucky Wonder Bean

 

Kentucky Wonder Bean Seeds

Delicious, distinctive pole bean flavor.?Great for home garden use. Kentucky Wonder is a favorite pole bean.

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Peach Habanero Pepper

 

Peach Habanero Pepper Seeds

A flavorful habanero pepper that is great for container plantings and patio gardens. A high yielding plant, bearing large crops of crisp, golden fruits that blush with color.

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Zucchini

 

Spineless Beauty Zucchini Seeds

10 Spineless Beauty zucchini seeds for sale. Very flavorful and tender.

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Summer Squash

Another popular warm season crop is the summer squash. Squash seeds will not germinate in cold soil. Using black plastic mulch can help increase soil temperature sooner. When the soil temperature reaches about 60 degrees at a 4 inches deep, punch holes in the plastic and plant the seeds. You can plant squash seeds 4 to six inches apart but thin them to about 12 inches apart in rows that are 3 feet apart. Alternatively squash can be planted in hills. Plant 2 or 3 seeds into hills that are spaced 3 to 44 feet apart and rows that are 4 to 6 feet apart.

Zone 8 planting times are roughly mid April through mid May for the spring planting. A fall crop may be planted in August.

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Raised Garden Beds

 

Raised bed gardens are used when the native soil is too poor or is difficult to work. Raised garden beds are also used to extend the growing season. Since the soil in a raised bed garden will warm up quicker in the spring time you can start planting sooner.

A raised garden bed can be created simply by mounding soil up above the natural soil level. You can also build a frame to create a raised garden bed. You can use wood, blocks, stone or other materials to build your raised garden bed. The choice is up to you to use something that compliments the rest of your landscape and your budget when building your raised bed garden.

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Gardening tips to avoid fungus during summer

 

Most of us are ready to invest huge amount for landscaping and gardening to give face lift for our home. But we failed to prune when the plants needed it, and then your highly invested landscape looks terrible than ever. So this is a high time to know about the gardening tips for better maintenance of your lawn. Do follow the following gardening tips for better life of your garden: -

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Purple Wintercreeper

 

Purple Winter Creeper is a type of ground cover suitable for use as an evergreen ground cover for slopes.

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Peppers

 

Peppers are a warm season vegetable that grows very slowly in cool weather. Peppers should be started indoors 6 to 8 weeks before transplanting into the garden. For zone 8, peppers can be transplanted during the month of April and again near the middle or end of July in the moderate climates. Always check for your local expected last frost date before transplanting peppers.

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Cucumbers

 

Cucumbers are a warm season vegetable and most are a tender vine but there are some bush type cultivars. Start cucumbers by directly seeding them into your garden or by using healthy transplants. To get a jump on the growing season start cucumber seeds indoors 4 to 6 weeks before the last frost date.

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Irrigation

1. Understanding water and irrigation needs.

Understanding where your water comes from and how it leaves your landscape is the beginning to understanding irrigation. Irrigation is a method of balancing the amount of water to maintain consistent moisture levels...

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How to Make Compost

Setting up the Compost Pile

A compost pile is more than just raking up some leaves. A good mix is to have equal parts of green and brown materials plus enough water to keep it all moist. Use any plant material and leaves in your compost pile as long as they are not diseased.

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Vegetable Garden Designs

 Vegetable garden design has traditionally been in long straight rows, intended for ease of cultivation and the ease of harvest. The good news is this is no longer necessary or even ...

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Vegetable Gardening

 

Home vegetable gardening has become increasingly popular. Some gardeners grow vegetables as a hobby while others grow them for their fresh flavor. With today’s prices sky rocketing, many gardeners are growing their own vegetables to save money.

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Fairfield Patio Planter

 

"20"" Fairfield Patio Planter w/ Water Reservoir (Black)"

"Why limit your style to the indoors? This Fairfield planter will transform your property into a personal retreat with outdoor flair. Have the look of wood without the upkeep with our high-grade polyethylene planters.

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Watering Timer

 

Aquauno Logica Watering Timer

"The Logica is the most straightforward timer on the market! With 15 pre-set programs that range from every 6 hours to weekly irrigation, you experience effortless programming that saves you time by simply turning the dial to the desired program.

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Viola - Heartthrob

 

Viola - Heartthrob

8 of Heart Viola (Violet) Heartthrob, Viola 'Heartthrob', will be easy to fall in love with, and it attracts attention because of its colorful foliage! This new beauty has classic lavender blooms with burgundy-splotched, heart shaped leaves that puts on a great show

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Improved Dwarf Meyer Lemon Trees

 

Improved Dwarf Meyer Lemon Trees

Enjoy the Most Popular Lemon You Can Grow Indoors & Out Sometimes called the perfect lemon tree, Dwarf Meyer Lemon Trees tolerate versatile growing conditions and produces outstanding fruit. It would be equally spectacular as a houseplant, ornamental patio plant or as a focal point in your yard

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Grape - Concord Seedless

 

Grape - Concord Seedless

Delicious, Seedless Fruit The Concord Seedless Grape is a seedless blue-black fruit that is produced on this deciduous fruiting vine. This very productive grape has dark blue fruit that resembles Concord in color and flavor but the clusters and berries are slightly smaller and the fruit is seedless

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Frost Proof Gardenia

 

Frost Proof Gardenia

A Fragrant, Cold-Hardy Gardenia The Frost Proof Gardenia is a low maintenance, cold hardy gardenia. It would be beautiful as a hedge or potted for a stunning patio plant. Traditional Gardenias are finicky and hard to grow. The Frost Proof Gardenia is an easy to grow gardenia with dark green, shiny leaves and large, snowy white blooms. The Frost Proof Gardenia is an upright, dense, evergreen.

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False Cypress

 

False Cypress - Vintage Gold

Handsome, Compact Evergreen False Cypress - Vintage Gold, Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Vintage Gold', is a marvelous, compact growing evergreen with bright yellow and graceful foliage that holds its color all year. Its fern-like dense foliage grows into a broad mounded form

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Pluot

 

Flavor Supreme Pluot

The Best of a Plum and an Apricot Combined! The red-mottled, green skin of this mouthwatering fruit is smooth like a plum, with deep-red flesh jam-packed with juicy sweetness.   Flavor Supreme has a vigorous nature and is a prolific producer.  Its early harvest ensures that you won’t have to wait long to begin sampling fruit directly from your own yard.  This plum/apricot hybrid is a taste sensation that’s not to be missed, and sure to grace your home with its lovely appearance and hardy nature this year. * Detectable fruit* Early harvest* Winter hardy* Root Knot Nematode resistant* Great source of vitamins A and C* Taste test winner

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Gardening Plants

 

When it comes to gardening plants, there are too many to name. Gardening plants can refer to flowers, shrubs, herbs, vegetables, fruits, and many more. There are also gardening plants that are in season at different times of the year, some in fall and winter, others in spring and summer. Whatever type of gardening you decide is your forte; there are plenty of gardening plants available to suit your preferences.

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A Look At Tillers For Your Gardening Adventures

 

A garden tiller is a tool that people use to break up hard earth for a new garden or to recondition the soil in an established one. These tillers have rotary blades that slowly churn the soil, which aerates and evenly redistribute the nutrients in it. Some gardeners choose to add materials to the soil before tilling. This is one way of adjusting a soil's alkaline or acid composition. Since nutrients are redistributed throughout the soil, crops that are grown in tilled ground tend to grow better than those that are not. There are several different types of tillers available for gardeners to rent or purchase.

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