Quick Veg News & Tomato Blog Links

Posted on 15. Aug, 2009 by Tracey in News

Gardening is good for mind, body and soul.
In a survey by the National Trust 70% of 1000 people think that gardening is an important part of their lives. The National Trust has a Veg on a Ledge scheme which means everyone even in flats has the opportunity to grow vegetables on their window ledges or in boxes.

What have The Whitehouse, Downing Street and the Queen got in common? They all have vegetable patches in their back gardens!

• YouTube Video of The Queens Vegetable Garden.
• YouTube Video of The Whitehouse Vegetable Garden.
• Number 10 Downing Street Vegetable Photo Slideshow.

EOL

New Wikipedia style website to record all our planets species
Recent launched EoL – Encyclopedia of Life is creating a webpage for everyone of the planets species which includes 5000 mammals, 8000 reptiles, 10,000 birds, 250,000 flowering plants, over 1 million insects and god knows how many viruses and bacteria. A big project for professional scientists, leading experts and budding amateurs in the field. Check out how its progressing here – Encyclopedia of Life or follow them on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/eoflife

Vegetable Blog Links
Tomatoes are the topic of the week, will they or won’t turn red! Here’s some Tomato Blogs:

• Growing Red Tomatoes – Growing Fresh Tomatoes from the garden.
• Tomato Casual – everything tomato for people who love tomatoes.
• Hanna’s Tomato Tasting’s 2009 – This Garden is illegal
• Waiting Waiting for a ripe tomato – A Way to Garden.com
• Better Boy – August tomato of the month – Veggie Gardener.
• First Tomato of summer – Foodinista – A passion for food and fashion.
• Tomatoes – Are Yours Red Yet? – iGrowVeg.com

And if all else fails and you can’t wait for red tomatoes – try Green tomato recipes and Green Tomato Chutney.

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