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Thanks to rampant counterfeiting, most buyers are naturally wary of discount brand name fragrance deals that are just too unrealistic to be factual. With poorly made imitations and copies all over the Internet and even at smaller retailers, it’s hard to tell the real deals apart from the steals.

Instead of buying your favorite brand name fragrance from the seller with the lowest price, you should purchase from a retailer that you trust. To learn how to find great deals on perfumes without getting stuck with an imitation, keep reading.

Go to a Trusted Store

Your best bet for finding a discount brand name fragrance is to buy from a trusted, bricks-and-mortar retailer during one of their sales. Most perfume counter salespeople at major department stores are happy to fill you in on upcoming specials and sales or when a product is expected to drop in price. So, don’t be afraid to ask.

With retailers like Sephora and Nordstrom’s, you can actually sign up for email updates. That means you’ll get an email every time the store has a major sale - meaning you can keep your eye out for great deals on your favorite brand name fragrance.

Reputable Online Dealers

There are thousands of online stores selling brand name perfume for cheap and yes, the majority of these aren’t selling the real deal. However, there are a few that provide quality, authentic products and at a pretty good discount. Remember, these stores have a minimal amount of overhead when compared to traditional stores, so their prices can be way lower.

In the U.S., you can try a site like Perfume.Com, while ThePerfumeShop.com is more popular in the U.K. and Europe.

The Duty-Free Store

Most luxury goods, like perfume, have major import taxes placed on them. Those import taxes, or duties, drive up the prices at retail stores. That means perfume, like imported alcohol, is one of the few products you can often get at a great deal at the duty-free store. So, if you’re heading out-of-country anytime soon, hold off to check out the perfume prices at the duty-free.

Avoid eBay

eBay is a great place to find amazing deals on a whole range of products, but unfortunately the site just isn’t good enough at catching and stopping counterfeiters. In early July 2008, eBay was actually ordered to pay a multi-million dollar fine because of their failure to stop perfume counterfeits selling on the popular site.

Rather than take chances with a deal that’s too good, go for a retailer that you trust. Remember, like sunglasses and purses, discount brand name fragrance perfume is counterfeited and copied en masse, meaning that a great deal is likely a fake. And unlike sunglasses and purses, a poorly copied perfume could leave you smelling bad and sporting a skin rash.

It’s hard to resist buying the low price item simply because of the cost, but you certainly don’t want to get stuck with a phoney product by doing so.

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No matter what business you are in chances are that you are not the only one providing that particular product or service. You have competition and you need to differentiate yourself from them. And to do this does not always mean making a better widget or providing more services. Many times a client can be won or lost simply by the image, or lack thereof, that a company has portrayed. A professional image can do wonders to your bottom line.

The first impression your company will normally give to prospective clients is at your front door and it starts with your sign. It may sound like a simple thing but many businesses get this part wrong. Your sign is your companies image to the rest of the world. That is why large corporations spend millions of dollars trying to get it right. But small businesses need to think about it this as well. You do not have to spend millions but you should follow these simple rules.

Think About Contrast

Most people are only going to look at your sign for a few seconds so you will want it to be eye catching and to stand out. Using contrasting colours will accomplish this. For example you would want avoid a dark colour logo on a dark background as everything will tend to blend in together. Instead a dark blue logo on a yellow background grabs the attention of people.

Make Sure Your Message Is Clear

Try not to have too many catch phrases or sales pitches on your sign. The more clear and concise you make your sign not only will it look better but it will also make it easier for people to remember. Your company message should be conveyed in a short and clear message.

Visibility Is The Key

You can have the best sign design and the best sales slogan, but if no one can see it then it will be of little use to you or your potential customers. Put your sign in a position that best suits where it will most likely be seen. That could be over the front entry way or on the side of your building if you are on a corner. Also think in terms of lighting. A well lit sign not only looks professional but it will catch people’s eye as well. It can also add contrast to sign that is predominately one colour.

Update Your Image And Your Sign

No large business leaves their image untouched for too long so why should yours be any different. If you have not changed your look for many many years it should be time for an image refresh. You will be able to connect more with clients when your business looks fresh and up to date. It can give the impression that your business is current and relevant to today’s customers and can adapt and change along with the market.

If you treat every aspect of your business with the same care and thought as your sign you will be one, if not, many steps ahead of the competition and success should be just around the corner.

Shah Dayan of the independently owned and operated Mammoth Imaging specializes in real estate signs and commercial signage. Also feel free to inquire about custom made graphics for trade show displays and various other grand format printing products.

You hear a lot about organic cosmetics these days. This type of makeup is really becoming quite popular, but if you aren`t sure what all the hype is about, it`s easy to dismiss this as just another trendy, like glittery lip gloss or blue eyeshadow. However, these new types of cosmetics are here to stay, and for good reason.

What Are Organic Cosmetics?

Most makeup has chemicals and assorted non-organic ingredients to create the effects wanted. Unfortunately, these aren’t the best for your skin and some people even find that they are allergic to the ingredients in mainstream cosmetics.

When the ingredients are natural and organic, this basically means that you are getting the purest of ingredients to apply to your face. No chemicals are included, Nature`s own ingredients are used to work with the skin and provide that healthy glow as well as actually making your skin healthier.

The Benefits

Did you know that your skin actually absorbs much of what you put on it? Those chemicals that are used in regular cosmetics are passing through your skin into your bloodstream, even in small amounts. While this might not cause any immediate effects, you still have to wonder what will happen in the long term. Organic cosmetics are worth using, if only for the peace of mind you`ll have!

Some further benefits of these 100% natural cosmetics include the following:

- Fewer allergies. Most people are sensitive to at least a couple of chemicals and these can actually get worse with extended use. Makeup with natural ingredients tends not to trigger allergies, though there are a few people who may still be sensitive to some natural ingredients.

- Healthier skin. Avoid clogging up your pores with aluminum based products, instead use natural makeup to promote healthier skin.

- Better health in general. What you may not be aware of is that often the ingredients used in natural cosmetics actually have other health benefits.

For example, certain herbs hold aromatic properties to stimulate your sense, while others are absorbed through the skin and can actually make you feel better.

- No more clogged pores. These types of facial products tend to be lighter and easier on the skin. This means no more clogged pores and fewer pimples.

- Repair damaged skin. If you`ve suffered from sun damage or even rashes and outbreaks from using chemical-based cosmetics, then going 100% organic is an excellent idea. The natural materials contained in these products will help repair that damage and create smooth, new skin.

- Less is more. The fact is that organic cosmetics tend to be more concentrated, which means you really use less to get the same effect. It equals better coverage without plastering the makeup on, too.

You`ll find that with organic cosmetics, you can enjoy great looks without worrying about what you`re putting on your skin. There will be fewer zits and outbreaks simply because your makeup won`t be clogging your pores like before and the natural ingredients will help your skin stay healthy and glowing . . . even when you`re bare faced!

While these products may be slightly higher in price than regular, chemical-ridden ones, the benefits are many and since you can use less to get the same effect, it`s really worth the cost. Not to mention, you`ll have fewer skin problems that need to be treated, meaning you will have fewer products to purchase, which is also a major area of savings. 100% organic is the way to go when you want to look good, without lasting effects and guilt.

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Before you start changing the size of your waistline you first have to change the thinking in your head. If your are determined and committed to losing weight and you have the ‘what ever it takes’ attitude then you need to pay close attention to what I going to tell you in this article.

This is not the latest fad diet where you’re instructed to eat nothing but carrots and tomatoes all day or eat a pound of bacon putting your system into an unhealthy chemical imbalance. And besides it’s not a permanent solution to your weight problem. This is just plain common sense that, if you do the deal, you will lose from 1 to 2 pounds a week and keep it off.

This is all about protein. Now you might say, ‘Great, I can just eat a bigger steak or the equivalent’. While it’s true that you get protein from meat, you also get some other undesirable things like fat and cholesterol. But even without those bad things you couldn’t get the amount of protein you really need.

Some people will say, ‘I’ll just cut back on my favorite foods and watch what I eat’. The problem with this approach is you get even less protein and you sacrifice getting the vitamins and minerals you need. Research studies have shown that cutting back on your favorite foods is the least effective way to lose weight.

So what’s the answer? Research has shown the one of the most effective ways to lose weight is with meal replacement protein shakes. Why does this work so well? Because your body burns calories at the rate of 13.7 calories per pound of lean body mass whereas it only burns 3 calories per pound of fat. Increasing your protein intake will build your lean body mass and stoke the furnace to burn more calories.

Here’s How Weight Loss Works

If you eat the same number of calories that you burn, your weight won’t change.

If you eat fewer calories than you burn and if that is 500 calories fewer then you’ll lose approximate 1 to 2 pounds a week. Since the calories from the food you eat is less than the calories you burn, your body has to make up the difference from somewhere. That ’somewhere’ is your body fat. So if you eat only 250 calories less than what you burn you’ll lose about

If you are a junk food junkie or you often don’t eat well and are unconcerned with health and nutrition, why is this? Everyday we read about or see on TV how sugar, soft drinks, many kinds of fats, fried foods, factory farmed foods, devitalized, packaged and processed food, pesticide laden food, and other kinds of junk food cause illness. What causes you to ignore the research and go right on eating badly?

I explored this issue with some of my clients and friends, and this is what they said:

“I don’t believe it. My parents didn’t eat well and they lived long lives.” (Albeit not healthy long lives!)

“I don’t feel any different when I eat junk than when I eat well, so I don’t think it’s harming me.”

“It’s worth it for a few years off my life.” (Forgetting that many of those years may be spent in illness and pain).

WHAT ARE YOU NOT NOTICING?

What I have seen over and over is that many people are not sensitive to the profound effects food has on them, so they are not motivated to eat well. They don’t notice that their energy may be a little lower or that they might not be as clear-headed. But the real thing they don’t notice is what junk food and devitalized food is doing to their organs and immune system.

The sad thing is that suddenly, one day in their 50s or 60s or 70s, they notice it - big time. This is when they might start to have health problems - heart problems, diabetes, cancer, or other degenerative diseases. While the health issue seems to be sudden, it has been happening for all the years of poor nutrition. But they didn’t notice because they didn’t pay attention to how sugar or processed food FELT when they ate it - both physically and emotionally.

They didn’t notice that their mood, or their ability to sleep, or their stamina, or the level of pain in their body was affected by the food they were eating. Often they just took a pill to take away anxiety or depression, or to sleep, or to take away pain. Or they drank more coffee to give them the energy to get through the day.

In fact, they may have been using food to AVOID their feelings rather than attending to them. Comfort food certainly works to make us feel better for the moment while covertly doing its damage in the body.

BEING PRESENT IN YOUR BODY

Until you are willing to be present in your body and notice the affects food has on you physically and emotionally, you might not be motivated to eat well. Until you desire a high level of health throughout your life, instead of spending your later years dealing with illness, you might not be motivated to eat well.

If high energy and excellent health are important to you, then start noticing the differences between eating clean, fresh organic fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Experiment with noticing the differences between raw dairy and meats from organically-fed grass finished cows as opposed to pasteurized dairy and factory farmed cows, as well as organic eggs and chickens as opposed to factory-farmed eggs and chickens that are filled with hormones. See how you feel if you take the time to make fresh raw and cooked foods as opposed to packaged foods.

If you think you can’t afford the healthy food, think about how much you will be saving on doctor bills and medications. See where you can cut down spending in other aspects of your life. After all, what is really more important in life than health?

Margaret Paul, Ph.D. is a best-selling author of 8 books and co-creator of the powerful Inner Bonding

Part of the appeal of customer-centricity is that it takes very little business acumen to grasp its core concept. Focus intensely on customers, align your products or services with their interests, and voila: a customer-centric culture is born. Simple, right? Not quite. Becoming a truly customer-centric organization is perhaps one of the most difficult transitions an organization can make, fraught with hidden obstacles and unanticipated challenges. Here are three potential roadblocks on the path to a customer-centric strategy, and how to get around them.

Failing to understand your most valuable customer

A customer-centric strategy is only as good as its customers. You cant let the average customer dictate what you do, says Robert Duboff, CEO of Hawk Partners LLC and coauthor of the book Market Research Matters. Generally speaking, Duboff says, 20 percent of a company’s customer base generates 80 percent of its profits. Given that split, its imperative to put your most valuable customers at the heart of your approach.

Identifying those customers need not take exhaustive research and complicated measures. It can be a fairly straightforward process, as it is with the Net Promoter Score, or NPS, a metric developed by Bain & Co.s Fred Reichheld. As set forth in The Ultimate Questionwritten by Reichheld and published by Harvard Business Pressthe NPS approach consists of one simple question: On a scale of one to 10, would you recommend us to your friends?

Based on the answer to that question, customers are segmented into three categories: promoters, who actively champion a particular product to their friends and colleagues; passives, who are lukewarm about the product; and detractors, the opposite of promoters. A given company’s score is simply the difference between its number of promoters and its number of detractors.

NPS has proven to be a powerful tool for such companies as General Electric Capital Solutions, which has used it not only to identify customers that are already valuable promoters but to gain insights into how it can convert detractors. For a business like GE Capital Solutions, which serves more than 1 million very diverse customers in many different industries, NPS helps us better understand what our customers are feeling and how we can improve their experience with us, says Stephen White, a spokesperson for GE Capital.

Failing to support your external customer-centric strategy with an internal customer-centric strategy

Speaking of valuable customers, what about that most priceless customer of all your employee?

While most companies aren’t in the habit of regarding their employees as customers, those seeking to instill a customer-centric culture should rethink their stance, argues Elaine Berke, president of Westport, MAbased EBI Consulting, which specializes in helping organizations develop customer-centric strategies. Customer-centricity needs to come from the inside out, says Berke. Leadership must avoid a double standard that makes it OK for managers to argue with or demean staff while still being courteous and considerate to external customers.

Consider the case of the world-renowned Johns Hopkins University Hospital. In developing a comprehensive Service Excellence initiative aimed at boosting its level of patient care, the hospital included employee satisfaction as a core component of the program. The hospital conducted an extensive survey to gauge employee concerns that turned up such simple, actionable insights as making it a point to compliment co-workers and instituting criticism-free no negativity days.

Customer-centric organizations value and respect internal customers as much as external customers, says Berke. Like the old saying goes, If you’re not serving a customer, you’re serving someone who is.

Failure to identify the moment of truth

Companies spend considerable time and resources developing metrics for processes, execution and other day-to-day functions but often overlook defining their moments of truth those points at which a customer interacts with a company’s product or service and forms an impression. Companies are usually very good at creating metrics around [such procedures as] production deliverables but have a much harder time knowing how to create and measure standards relating to the quality of service being delivered, Keith Bailey of Sterling Consulting Group says.

In defining a company’s moments of truth, Bailey suggests looking at three different angles quality of product, quality of procedures and quality of relationships. Taking a hotel as an example, the quality of the product would be the cleanliness and comfort of the rooms. The quality of procedures would be such factors as how it long it takes to check in or how long customers wait for room service. The quality of relationship would be the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff.

Considering each angle separately allows a company to isolate the negative moments of truth within each and develop a game plan for turning them into positive experiences. Procter & Gamble, for example, identified its moment of truth as that instant when a shopper picks up one of its products and decides whether or not to purchase its decision the customer makes in an average of six seconds. The company has overhauled its marketing with that insight in mind, creating a global First Moment of Truth business team designed to win over the customer in that moment.

There are as many different customer-centric approaches as there are customers, and each has its own unique challenges, but the road to a truly customer-centric strategy always begins with the same steps.

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Live to eat, or eat to live, which one do we live by. We should eat to live, but most of us live to eat. I am one of those that live to eat. I love food, I love the look, the smell and the taste of food. I like to eat out all the time, and having dinner parties with lots of yummy food and drinks. Therefor I am also part of the hugely overweight population of the world. I have been struggling for years to lose unwanted weight fast.

I write this to share with you today a very important secret many of us don’t know about, and don’t use. This works wonders, and I have had success with this very small habit the last few months. I am not yet at the point where I can say that I have reduced all my unwanted weight, yet. But one thing is for sure, I see and feel results and I am getting there. I will be at my ideal weight in no time at all.

So, what is the secret you ask. Well, it’s all about portion size. The average person’s stomach is supposed to be as big as your two fists put together. That is the amount of food your body needs to generate enough energy for your everyday tasks. The ideal eating habit is to eat just that amount of healthy food at least six times a day, and you will have more energy and less fat.

What I have done, that works wonders is cutting down on my portions per meal. I take breakfast, lunch and supper with healthy snacks in between meals, spread out over a three hour period. The idea is to have smaller meals more often throughout the day. Keeping in mind not to eat after sun down as well, the food we eat during the day should be burnt as energy while we are active, after sundown we generally get less active, therefor less energy is burns from what we eat, and it is naturally stored as fat.

The cutting of my portions works as follows, I started first by taking my big plat I usually had and cut it by a third for the first week. Then every week thereafter I cut my portion with a third again. It took me a total of about two months to get down to the size of my meal being as much as my two fists put together. If you work it out you’ll see that I was actually eating a lot of unnecessary food that my body did not need and could not transform it all into energy until the next big meal, therefor my body stored everything into unwanted fat.

By cutting my portions with the initial result being to reduce unwanted weight, I have actually done a few very good things for my body. I loose unwanted fat fast, my metabolism speeds up, my energy levels are higher and I just feel great.

Any diet that tells you to eat as much as you like and you will still lose unwanted fat fast, is lying to you. You need to eat less more often.

I am an expert research writer, that spends most of my time doing research on all the many things in the world that I find appealing and interesting. I am passionate about giving my views, opinions and advice to people who can use my findings to improve their lifestyle. STRIP THAT FAT !!! FAT LOSS 4 IDIOTS !!!

This is a global epidemic. Two out of three of all Americans are suffering from being overweight or obese, this is about 200 million people in the US alone. In America alone 27% of the population are classified as obese. Worldwide about 750 million people are overweight or obese. obesity is responsible for approximate 325′000 to 400′000 deaths every year worldwide, and this figure is rising every year.

Every one of us has a responsibility towards ourselves and our families and friends to reduce unwanted weight. Every one of us wants to see ourselves, and our families grow up and grow old healthy. There is never a better time as the present to start to loose unwanted fat fast. The health risks are just too big not to want to lose unwanted fat fast. It is not worth hanging on to the unhealthy weight.

Think about your age now, and what your life will be like in about 5 years time. Studies have shown that for an overweight person the risk of falling ill with a number of diseases are substantially higher than a skinnier healthier person.

Let’s take a look at a few of the risk factors we face by being overweight or obese.

Cancer is probably one of the worst diseases caused by being overweight. Most types of cancer does not have a cure, and it is a very costly disease to fight. Even if you do get a cancer that can be cured, cancer shortens your life considerably, and flattens your wallet. This is a serious disease to consider when attempting to lose unwanted weight fast.

Another health risk factor to consider is high blood pressure. Many overweight people suffer from high blood pressure. While this is not a life threatening disease in itself, and can be treated effectively, but it does lead to more serious heart diseases, strokes and heart attacks.

A life shortening and in some cases life threatening disease to consider as well is diabetes and type 2 diabetes. To avoid fatal situations, you have to constantly monitor your sugar levels. Sounds like a lot of work, rather lose unwanted fat fast and avoid becoming a diabetic.

Obesity and overweight in itself is serious health risks. The you also get thyroid problems, asthma, coronary heart disease. All of which is serious, and should be taken seriously. They all considerably shortens your life, and are life threatening.

Although there are a lot more health risks to consider, and diseases that can be avoided by simply starting to loose unwanted fat fast, these are the most common and very serious few to keep in mind. We all have so much to gain by reducing the excess weight. But keep in mind to do it the right way, make simple easy changes in your life and change your eating habits. Steer clear of the magic diets, that only causes the yo yo effect. The ideal way to reduce unwanted weight is to do it the healthy way, and not too fast.

I am an expert research writer, that spends most of my time doing research on all the many things in the world that I find appealing and interesting. I am passionate about giving my views, opinions and advice to people who can use my findings to improve their lifestyle. STRIP THAT FAT !!! FAT LOSS 4 IDIOTS !!!

Right now there are literally millions of people around the world thinking the exact same thing. That is “how can I lose weight fast”. The biggest problem for all of us that really wants to lose the weight is the millions of solutions available nowadays.

Everywhere on the internet, in books, on e-mails, just everywhere we look and read, we read about the ever growing scientific breakthrough promises. Countless diets and diet programs that seems to have the secret to magical fast way to lose unwanted weight.

Some of these programs, well actually most of them have some quality information. But not all the information is of any use. The one sure thing that will always guarantee you lose fat fast is to have a solid nutrition program. You can exercise all you want, you will still need a good diet to go with the good exercise. The place to start with your goal to lose weight fast, is to start with your eating habits. You should eat the right foods at the right times, and when you can keep at this, and do it consistently, you have won the biggest part of the weight loss struggle.

Lets take a look at some of the important nutritional principles you need to start implementing in your diet, and no later than right now would be the best time to start.

First of all, stop eating one or even three meals a day. The right way to do this is to divide your meals and healthy snacks into small meals of approximately the same size each. Ideal size would be as big as your two fists put together for each meal, then space these out throughout your day over a three hour period between small meals.

Base all your meals around protein, as proteins is considered a good food for weight loss. Proteins fills you for a longer period of time, this builds and maintains lean muscle. The body also requires extra energy to digest proteins, therefore using more of the stored fat. Try and start every meal with some kind of protein first.

Fruits and vegetables are the best food for getting all the nutrients your body needs, without all the calories you don’t want. These you can eat as much as you want, without having to worry about calories. By eating for fruits and vegetables, you can eat more of it, and loose unwanted weight faster than any kind of magic starvation diet will.

Some fats are good for you, therefore it is not a good idea to cut all fat out of your diet. Some foods have healthy fats that are good for you in more than one way. These foods like salmon for example have healthy fat as well as proteins. As healthy fats are a whole interesting subject in itself, I suggest more research should be done on this to learn more.

To have a good nutrition plan is the most important aspect of weight loss. You could eat 600 calories per day of nothing but candy and still lose weight, but that is not healthy and good for you at all. Eating 5-6 small meals, about every three hours each day of protein, fruits, fiber, and vegetables is a much healthier and faster way to reduce unwanted fat fast.

By simply starting with your eating habits, change and improve your eating habits, you will reduce unwanted weight fast!

I am an expert research writer, that spends most of my time doing research on all the many things in the world that I find appealing and interesting. I am passionate about giving my views, opinions and advice to people who can use my findings to improve their lifestyle. STRIP THAT FAT !!! FAT LOSS 4 IDIOTS !!!

The cabbage soup diet is popular to people who want a quick fix in their weight loss journey. The week long plan will help one drop as much as ten pounds. Growing cabbage for your diet is a nice way to ensure that you get the best grown cabbage in town. But growing cabbage involves art and science.

Cabbage can grow especially well in fertile soils. Variants of cabbage include green, red, and even purple cabbage. The shapes of the head also differ from round, flattened, or pointed. Most variety has smooth leaves. Some have crinkly textured leaves like the Savoy type.

Choosing the right variant and following the proper methods to grow the vegetable is vital. Cabbage can be used in the popular diet soup as well as numerous dishes that please the palates of people around the world.

Popular Varieties

The green cabbage is more popular to cultivate in most countries. The red cabbage is catching up since they are used in fresh salads and added to dishes to add more color. The Savoy or red cabbage is often used in slaws and salads. Varieties with larger head are great for sauerkraut compared to cabbages with smaller head. Here are some of the popular varieties most of which are resistant to fusarium wilt or the yellowing of the leaves:

1. Green Cabbage Variety

- Early Jersey Wakefield (tolerant to slipping and takes around sixty days to harvest)

- Cheers (it repels black rot and thrips and is usually harvested after seventy five days)

- King Cole (the heads are equal in size; takes about seventy five days for harvest )

2. Savoy Cabbage Variety

- Savoy Queen (approximately weighs five pounds, deep green in color and also takes around eighty days to harvest)

- Savoy King (this variety is very uniform in color and takes around eighty days to harvest)

3. Red Cabbage Variety

- Red Meteor (adapts well to all seasons and takes around two months and a half to harvest)

- Ruby Ball (this variant is slow to bloom; harvesting is around seventy days)

The Right Way to Plant

Plant the young cabbage so that they can be harvested before summer heat is at its peak. A number of varieties are readily available for this time of planting. There are several variants with different maturity thus providing cabbage season over season. Hardened plants can survive the very cold weather and can be cultivated with the other cool-season vegetables.

Late cabbage must be cultivated during the heat of mid summer so it will be ready for harvesting during the transition to winter. During the summer, protect the seed flats or seed beds under a natural or man-made protector. Transplanting is ideal on an overcast, cloudy, or rainy day to minimize sun shock to the young cabbage.

The cabbage seeds should be twelve to twenty four inches away from each other in a row depending on the variety used and the size of the produce preferred. The closer the gaps between the seeds, the smaller the heads of the cabbage will be. The depth of planting should be one fourth to half an inch. Keep the soil moist for proper cultivation.

You may use fertilizer for the young cabbage together with nitrogen fertilizer when the cabbages are half grown.

Harvesting the Cabbage for Your Soup

Cabbage can be picked when the heads reach their maturity. The head should be firm when pressed by hand and should be picked before they open up. Cracked heads may be prone to contamination, like when rain trickles inside, making the cabbage unusable.

Healthy cabbage means excellent ingredient for you cabbage soup. The healthier the vegetable the more nutrients it can pass to the one who will eat it.

The author is an online medical searcher and webmaster of Cabbage Soup Diet. You may be interested in: “Advantages and Disadvantages of Cabbage Soup Diet” and “Getting to Know the Cabbage“.