agriculture tips

How and Where to Plant Vegetables and Herbs that Flourish in Hot Summer Weather A summer vegetable garden can provide an abundance of fresh delicious produce for your family to enjoy. If you missed the spring planting time, it's not too late to get started with your vegetable garden plans. Many vegetables have short growing times, and can be planted and harvested within a few short weeks. Growing vegetables such as lettuce, radish, green onions, green beans, and many heat-loving herbs is easy to do, even starting in mid-summer. Here are some ideas to help you get started. Design Your Own Vegetable Garden Layout Using our Free "Vegetable Garden Planner" Software! The hottest and the driest weather do not foil a summer vegetable garden filled with succulent plants that adore the heat. Summertime is a good time to plant traditional warm weather vegetables such as cherry tomatoes, sweet potatoes, okra, and peas. Makes my mouth water just thinking about it, so let�s get busy p...

The other day, I was having an interesting conversation with regards to over population of the human species around the world. For instance, how on Earth is the planet going to be able to feed, provide fresh water, and support 50 Billion people? Some say that we already have too many people on said planet, their evidence is undeniable in some regions of our world, but not everywhere. Okay so, let's talk. My acquaintance mentioned that it wouldn't be a bad idea to set limits and available farmland as a way to help support and sustain our ever growing populations. Indeed, I once lived in a city that grew quickly, it had top soil 50 feet deep, perfect climate for farming, but since the climate was so great, people wanted to live there and paved over it all. Then humans grow and farm, fruit trees of all things, in places like Florida, little if any decent top soil and hardly any fresh water supplies due to poor reservoir storage. Now then, with proper strategic land use planning f...