How to Build a Raised Bed Tomato & Vegetable Garden: Complete Details, Pictures and Video

How to Build a Raised Bed Tomato & Vegetable Garden: Complete Details, Pictures and VideoRaised bed gardening is something I have been doing for the last 10 years. I wouldn't garden any other way. The benefits and future savings, outweigh the minimal work and cost needed to set up a basic...

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Two Things About Tomatoes: What are Heirlooms and Hybrids?

Two Things About Tomatoes: What are Heirlooms and Hybrids?Tomato seeds are often described as heirloom seeds or hybrid seeds. What do these terms mean and where did they come from are answered.Heirloom Tomatoes - The Rusted Garden BlogWhat are Heirloom Tomatoes?   Heirloom tomatoes or...

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What is Permaculture? What is a Hugelkulture Garden Bed?

What is Permaculture? What is a Hugelkultur Garden Bed? (Following the Way Nature Forms Earth Mounds)This is just an introductory entry on permaculture and Hugelkulture garden beds. A fellow gardener, well small scale farmer, I met through one of my Google+ Gardening Communities has a  home farm....

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Oregano, Sage & Thyme: Seed Starting, Transplanting & Acclimation - Getting Them Outside!

Oregano, Sage & Thyme: Seed Starting, Transplanting & Acclimation(Getting Them Outside!)This the general process for getting most of your indoor seedlings outside. I highlight the process with oregano, sage and thyme. They can handle the cool weather. The video shows all the steps and offers...

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Setting Up Shelf Greenhouses Outdoors: Tips & Tricks

Setting Up Shelf Greenhouses Outdoors: Tips & Tricks(Don't Let the Wind Knock It Over & Don't Burn Up Your Seedlings)The shelf greenhouse units work. They will cost you $25 to $40 depending on where you get them. I showed you the basic set up in a previous blog post. Here are all the tips and...

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Test Germinating Tomato Seeds: Quickly Revisited

Test Germinating Tomato Seeds*This was originally posted in January. I wanted to bring it back up for a quick Sunday review. March 1st is a great time to start tomatoes is Zone 7. You might want to test germinate your tomato seeds and save yourself self money. It takes about a week to test sprout them.Most...

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Starting Tomatoes Indoors: When to Start Them, Days to Maturity & Soil Warmth

Some Information to Consider When Starting Tomatoes Indoors (Days to Maturity and Soil Warmth)Tomatoes are a favorite of many if not most gardeners. Even if you don't like to eat them... growing a 6 foot plant with 50 pounds of tomatoes on it is rewarding.  Rewarding, if not for the sheer...

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The Rusted Vegetable Garden Celebrates 1000 YouTube Subscribes: Give-A-Way

One Thousand YouTube Subscribers and... Heirloom Tomato Seed 10 Pack Give-A-WayI have had my garden blog for several years and really just started making HD gardening videos last year. I now have over 110 garden videos on YouTube. This year I am reaching some fun milestones and I want to thank everyone...

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Using Shelf Greenhouses to Start Your Gardening Season Early: Transplant Acclimation

Using Greenhouse Shelves to Acclimate Your Indoor Plants to the Sunny Outdoors(A Joint Approach With Indoor Seed Starting)  A basic standard shelf greenhouse will help you get your garden off to an early start. They are excellent for starting cool weather crops outdoors like lettuces, spinach,...

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How to Avoid Sunscold on Your Indoor Peas and Other Plants: What is it?

 Sunscald and Acclimating Your Indoor Plants to the SunSo I almost called this 'how to avoid pea burn' but if you have the sense of humor of a teenager like me, you just chuckled too much. However, sunburn or sunscald is a real issue that happens with EVERY plant you grow indoors. Plants have to...

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Three Minute Garden Tips: Growing Sage Indoors from Seeds to Transplants

Three Minute Garden Tips: Growing Sage Indoors from Seeds to TransplantsSage is a great herb for the garden. It has a strong wonderful scent and it can be used both as an herb and in perennial flower beds. The foliage and purple flowers look great in planting beds.Sage is a hardy plant that will...

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Three Minute Garden Tips: Growing Thyme & Oregano Indoors

This video shows you how to plant thyme and oregano indoors using an over-seeding method. You will see plant growth at 5 weeks and 7 weeks and just how well the herbs grow indoors.The final part of the video shows you how to transplant them into containers. In about 9-11 weeks you will have transplants...

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Basic Grow-Light Closet Design: The Right Lighting

Basic Grow-Light Closet Design: Lighting IntensityYou can design your grow-closet in a 1000 different ways depending on your space and needs. The key, no matter what design, is the right intensity of lighting. I use fluorescent bulbs as do most grow-light closets.Grow-Light Closet - The Rusted  Vegetable...

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The Rusted Vegetable Garden Hits 200,000 Views

 The Rusted Vegetable Garden Hits 200,000 ViewsI have had my blog The Rusted Vegetable Garden since 2009. I enjoy gardening and my passion drives this blog and my Google+ Communities.Only fellow gardeners can appreciate the peace that is found in the garden and the pride found in eating your own...

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The Homestead Heirloom Tomato: Great for Hot and Humid Gardens!

 'Homestead' Heirloom Tomato: Great for Hot and Humid Gardens!It is cold and rainy here. Up north they are digging out of a blizzard. What better time to look at a video on the 'Homestead' heirloom tomato and imagine the warm spring. February is a good time in many parts of the US to start...

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Identifying and Preventing Vegetable Seedling 'Legginess'

Identifying and Preventing Vegetable Seedling 'Legginess'When you are growing seedlings indoors you have to make sure you give them enough light that has the right amount of intensity. Intensity, not hours of light, is what matters. The right intensity lets the seedlings know they broke the surface...

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