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Everyone is going organic these days. It’s good for you, and good for the environment. Making the switch to organic can be quite pricey, though. Growing your own vegetables is a great solution, but can be quite tricky if you don’t know what you’re doing. If you’ve tried it before and haven’t succeeded, or you’re eager to get started for the first time, start off with easy vegetables like sprouts and chard. (more…)

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The organic trend is on the up and up in the UK – and that’s for a reason. Organic vegetables are grown without artificial fertilisers or pesticides, making them healthier for you, and better for the environment. With pesticides wreaking havoc on wildlife, and linked to cancer, it makes sense to go organic. But, because of the relatively small scale of organic farming in the UK, switching to a greener organic lifestyle can be expensive. One way to save money and still eat well is to grow your own greenhouse vegetables. (more…)

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Growing organic vegetables at home isn’t just about saving the environment. The healthier produce you nurture in your vegetable garden will give you more of all the nutrients you’d usually get from your food, and you’re sure to find yourself enjoying the therapeutic and rewarding process of gardening. If you’ve got kids, there’s the added bonus of teaching them all about how plants grow – and if you don’t, well, you might just learn something yourself, anyway. Best of all, vegetable gardening is very easy, so there’s no excuse not to get growing! (more…)

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Growing vegetables at home is becoming more and more popular, because it’s cheap, home-grown veggies are fresher and tastier, and you know exactly what’s gone into growing them so no more worrying about pesticides. But you don’t need to have an allotment to grow your own. Quite a few vegetables can be grown at home – even on your kitchen windowsill. (more…)

Featuring pulp injection, Philips HR1861 Centrifugal Juice Extractor needs 700 watt of power. It has a capacity of 50.72 oz and allows the user to juice without any fuss or mess. Thanks to its patented micro-mesh filter and a powerful 700 watt motor, the juicer has an extra-large feeding tube that takes whole C. It frees you from the work of peeling, coring, de-seeding or chopping fruits and vegetable before putting them through the juicer. A versatile and powerful motor, it has two speeds that can handle hard fruit as easily as soft fruit. Also, since the pulp container is large, the Philips juicer allows the user you to make more juice in one go. The juicer has dishwasher proof parts and 2 speed settings. (more…)

Tomatoes are one of the most commonly grown vegetables. At times, they are classified as fruits. Tomatoes are easy to grow and can be grown even in your small garden or backyard. Growing your very own tomatoes provides you not only with a uniquely nourishing fruit, but also immense satisfaction. Tomatoes can be grown in small vegetable gardens, in pots in your backyard, on raised beds, on rooftops, on patios or on large tracts of land just like farmers do. Heirloom tomatoes are specially grown tomatoes with a special flavour. These tomatoes are favoured by chefs as compared to the conventional hybrid varieties. This is because heirlooms tomatoes help enhance the flavour of their unique recipes. (more…)

The French bean, which is quite common in all our meals, is originally from the United States and not France as its name indicates. Beans are easy to grow and when the seeds are planted into warm earth between the months of April and middle of May, the bean plants bring forth lovely long tender beans. After the planting, you will be surprised at how fast the new plants have sprouted. (more…)

Most people think peppers grow just like tomatoes. They believe that both have the same planning time, require the same amount of sunlight and similar spacing. They may both be in your garden but they certainly have different requirements. Both peppers and tomatoes love warm soil. Plant your peppers just a little after spring has set in when the soil has tuned warmer and feels really good. (more…)

Fruit and vegetable juices are loved by all those who believe in a healthy diet. Fresh homemade vegetable and fruit juices are always better than the packed ones and can be easily prepared in many different and interesting combinations. (more…)

You can live a longer and healthier life now by consuming a new breed of tomatoes developed by the scientists of John Innes Centre, Norwich. The tomatoes contain an antioxidant pigment called Anthocyanin, which is generally found in fruits and is rich in anti-cancer properties. The tomatoes developed by the scientists, called Purple Tomatoes, contain genes from the snapdragon flower, which is a rich source of Anthocyanin. (more…)