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Safe Gardening is Important for Good Health

Posted on December 21st, 2010

Essential parts of a healthy lifestyle are eating fruits and vegetables and getting plenty of fresh air and exercise. Many activities can be enjoyed on your lawn and in your garden. Your garden is a great place for exercise and for growing fresh fruits and vegetables. Safe Gardening Tips Even if you are a beginner [...]

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  • For Safe Fruit and Vegetable Handling:

    Clean your hands, cutting boards, and kitchen tools with hot, soapy water and rinse well before and after handling your fruits and vegetables.

    Soak garden produce in cool water and rinse thoroughly until the water runs clear. Commercial vegetable cleaning products are available in supermarkets to help free soil residues from your produce. These products work well with leafy vegetables.

    Vinegar can also be used for cleaning produce. Scrub firm fruits and root crops with a vegetable-cleaning brush to remove dust and dirt before peeling or eating.

    Peel root crops like carrots, rutabagas, radishes, and turnips.

    Wash berry fruits like strawberries and blackberries, and remove the "caps" (the tops of the berries where the stem and leaves attach).

  • How to keep deer and rabbits out of your garden?

    Deer Scram is an all natural deer and rabbit repellant that is environmentally safe and guaranteed to keep deer and rabbits away from gardens, shrubs and trees.

    Deer Scram is not offensive to humans and it will not harm animals, humans or the environment