Garden Tips

From: Rosemarie Bailey

I buy a vegetable at the store and plant the
seeds. I have so many papaya plants from one
fruit. I am now taking the seeds and roasting
them and then grinding them into a "pepper" for
salad dressing.

I cut the eyes off of a few potatoes. I took
large old plastic pots and put a shallow layer
of soil and the eye cuttings into the pots. As
the plants grow, I keep adding soil. This makes
the plants stronger and grows more potatoes, and
all for free.

I took cloves of garlic, broke them apart, and
have lots of new garlic plants growing, also
almost free.

Cuttings of tomato plants grow very well. I dig
a small ditch and lay the stem into the ditch,
leaving only a few leaves exposed. The roots
develop rapidly, and new plants grow. I do not
buy seeds or plants: I simply dry the seeds from
a few tomatoes, and then plant them. The same
goes for peppers!

I bought corriander seeds at the spice section
of a grocery store, and I sowed them, a few at a
time. Much cheaper than buying seeds, and the
plants are wonderful.

I love ginger, and I did not know what it would
do, so I bought a few roots at the grocery
store. I now have about 12 ginger plants. They
have not flowered yet, nor do I know how the
roots will taste, but at about 40 cents, I am
having fun watching them grow, and I am very
hopeful.

I bought some dried beans in the grocery store,
and ended up with wonderful bean plants around
my fence, and a whole lot more dried beans, and
the ones I cooked were delicious.

I also have about 15 banana plants that came
from one small plant someone gave me. I freeze
the peeled bananas, and eat them year round.

I grow all kinds of spices and herbs, and some
of these reseed themselves. I divide my plants
at the roots to make new plants. This works
especially well for my lemon grass and tarragon.

My gardening area is rather small, at most 400
square feet total. I sure do love eating the
fruit from it. I tried Nasturtium this year, and
the flowers are plentiful and delicious along
with my mezclun salad plants.

I would be happy to share papaya seeds with
anyone who care to try them.

Oh, I live in Miami,Florida, Dade County. We
have extreme heat and dry spells, along with
rainy seasons.


#####

We are doing weekly e-book specials. This week it's grocery savings!
This great e-book is on sale for half price! Only $3.50!!

Check it out it's only this week! Tawra