Watermelon

Ready for some seed-spitting fun? Time to get started growing watermelon! These enormous fruits need plenty of sun in order to yield large plants with rewarding results. Watermelon usually need 80 to 100 days to reach maturity, and should be planted far apart due to their size. If you are sowing seeds outside, they should be eight to ten feet apart for the best results. If you are planning on going through the germination phase indoors, it is recommended that you plant the seeds in individual pots or containers. Have a great time with your watermelon parties!

Happy Fourth of July!

One of my favorite fourth of July treats are red ripe strawberries. Growing up as a kid, I always looked forward to the day that my family would drive down the old gravel road to the strawberry farm, so that me and my siblings could roam the several acres of land competing for the largest, ripest strawberry. Now you can grow your own! Strawberries can grow in a bed in several acres of land, or on a patio setting. A tip for the germination stage of strawberries is to cover their roots with fine soil or even sand-this helps them absorb the correct amount of water needed for growth. I hope you all have a fabulous holiday weekend, and enjoy your gardens!

Summer Squash

Looking for a perfect summer vegetable to grow? Try squash! Squash is a plant that grows best during the summer, and the great part about it is that it grows in just fifty days! Squash is ranked as one of the easiest plants to grow for beginner gardeners, and can be bought as a plant or in seed form. One of my favorite recipes is squash sauteed in garlic and butter. It's the perfect summer snack, and one that can make you and your friends satisfied and ready for the celebrations for the fourth of July!

Greens are a special treat...

Like many vegetables, spinach holds large amounts of vitamins and minerals. Rich in both vitamins A, C, and potassium, this leafy plant grows best in cool weather; and the darker the leaf the better. Spinach is a plant that is crossbred so that there are no longer defining lines of species for the plant. Baby spinach is a very fun plant to grow, and the best part is that this vegetable is that it tastes delicious no matter how you eat it; cooked or raw!

Corn

To grow corn organically, it is important that you plant your seeds separately and far apart from all other plants in your garden. Although many use the height of corn as a wind block for their other vegetables, they take up a fair amount of nutrients from soil and manure. Using green manure acts as a catalyst for the growing process in many plants, but especially corn. This vegetable is one of the few that should be rotated frequently because it depletes the soil in which it grows.

Potato Planting

Naturally grown organic potatoes have very large amounts of vitamin C, and they hold lots of nutritional calcium and minerals. Not only do they contain a considerable amount of water, but they are also a very high calorie food. Potatoes are a fairly versatile vegetable, and do not require a lot of fertilization to grow. They are environmentally pleasing, and do not destroy land when growing in a home garden-start planting when you can! They are the second most important crop in the United States, and you can enjoy them in many different dishes that are delicious and nutritious.

Pickling Vegetables

For those who are not interested in eating raw organic vegetables, one option for preserving healthy snacks is pickling them. This is one excellent way to savor those vegetables that you over-planted; and don't have time to eat all at once. You can pickle every single vegetable that will fit in a jar-string beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, onions, and many many more. Keep the pickling juice! It's extremely useful for keeping your vegetables from spoiling!