Thursday, March 29, 2007

Veggies and fruits from your own garden

Nothing beats the taste of veggies and fruits from your own garden! Even when I lived in FRIGID upstate New York, I grew some wonderful organic carrots in a little box with topsoil and horse manure. "YUCK", you may say, but they tasted SO GOOD- so much like pure-CARROT!! The flavor was intense!

Now, our soil has gotten worn out or maybe even contaminated with toxic waste. Yet, we still yearn for "pure", wholesome food, and not the genetically tampered with, processed, vitamin-poor, barely nourishing stuff that is sold today. Plus prices for fresh produce have gotten out of sight for many hard-working people. We want to grow our own food supply, but the soil in our back yard is no good- what to do?

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Saturday, March 24, 2007

Apple trees are the most popular fruit tree

Apple trees are the most popular fruit tree grown in America. The seed of the apple could be planted to establish a permanent food supply. These apples could be eaten fresh or dried and the seed of the apple could be planted to establish a permanent food supply.

Fruiting of apple trees is perhaps the most troublesome characteristic experienced by an orchardist or a backyard fruit tree gardener. Most cultivator's of apple trees require cross pollination of two separate varieties in order to set fruit on the tree.

Using modern day cultivators is the easiest way is the simple way. the crabapple, which sheds its pollen over a long period of time and easily overlaps the apple tree cultivator flowering period. Crabapple trees produce a fruit that is much smaller than the common apple, but it can be used in cooking in various ways, and it is loved by wildlife in the fall and winter when wildlife food is scarce for animals and birds.

Here are a few ideas on growing apple trees. Experiments from researchers in California have shown that apple fruit is very rich in antioxidants, a biological compound that combats, stroke, heart disease, and many other health problems.