Archive for the 'Common vegetables' Category

Peppers are healthy

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

The word “pepper” refers to members of the genus Capsicum and makes us think at two flavors: sweet and hot. Originally from Central and South America, pepper was spread worldwide by Spanish and Portuguese sailors. The pepper is found in every kitchen around the world, from Mexico to Thailand, from Congo to [...]

Do you like lettuce?

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

For early culture sow spring salad garden between August 20 to September 10. For crops in late spring, early summer, lettuce is sown in February-March. For autumn sowing culture is in early August. Sowing is done in layers of 1-1.5 m which is 5-6 rows of lettuce grown at 20-25 cm distance, at [...]

Benefits of onions

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Onions come from the steppe region of Central Asia and Western, probably from the territory of Afghanistan today. Onions are one of the oldest crop plants, as documented about 5,000 years ago. Also, onion is recognized as a medicinal plant, spice and a vegetable.
Growing onions for summer and winter
After the method of cultivation, there [...]

Poeple like cucumbers

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Culture is produced by early cucumber seedlings, either in pots or in the furrows (seedling cold). Sowing in pots or furrows are made in early March (2-3 Plant seeds or furrow).
Planting seedlings in the field at the beginning of May, at 1 m between rows and 0.5 m at a time.
Also in order to obtain [...]

Benefits of tomatoes

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

The tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, originates from South America. The first tomato ripped about three thousand years ago under the hot sun of the Peruvian Andes. The first people who have grown this plant in their gardens were the Maya people, and this crop of tomatoes was also spread, reaching today [...]