How to Start Lawn From Seed
To start new lawn from seed, many people wonder which is better: laying sod or sowing seeds. While laying sod is fast […]
How to Propagate Succulents
How to Propagate Succulents If you’re anything like me, you probably love to have succulents in the house. I try to keep […]
Pumpkins – Growing Guide
The name Pumpkins refers to a plants associated usually with the Cucurbita pepo; these are smooth, dark yellow to orange in color, […]
Gardening Tips for Summer
Summer is a time of beauty and abundance in the garden. It’s also a busy time for the gardener, full of chores […]
Top 10 Homemade Organic Pesticides
Pesticides are the only toxic substances we intentionally release into our environment in order to kill living things. The chemicals don’t just harm […]
Lawn and Garden Tips for Summer
Lawn and Garden Tips for Summer Heat Stress When temperatures climb above 90° F, most garden plants – lawns, flowers, and veggies – […]
Bloom Boosters – Real Thing or Marketing Fraud?
Bloom Boosters are said to increase the number of flowers on your plant. Nonsense. They don’t work, and can actually make your […]
Shady Garden: 10 Vegetables You Can Grow Without Full Sun
When most people picture a vegetable garden, they imagine a spot that bakes in the sun all day. For some vegetables, such […]
June Gardening Tips
June Gardening Tips Early June is a great time to finish planting gardens, containers and hanging baskets and then spend time relaxing […]
DIY – Wood Greenhouse
If you want to build a construction to store your plants during the cold winters or to grow your own vegetables, we […]
How to Grow Yellow Watermelon
How to Grow Yellow Watermelon Nothing beats the taste of a delicious, sweet, homegrown watermelon during the hot summer months. Gardeners have […]
A Crash Course in Container Gardening
Container gardening is so similar and yet so different from growing in ground that it deserves its own spot in the sun. […]
Freesia Planting Guide
Freesia Planting Guide Freesia flowers are “zygomorphic” which just means that they grow along one side of the stem, in a single […]
Make Your Own Organic Fertilizers for Your Garden
I don’t like the idea of adding chemicals to our environment, whenever it can be helped. And let’s be honest… If you […]
What to Grow in the Shade Garden
What to Grow in the Shade Garden An abundance of large trees and shady areas in your yard can be a challenge […]
Helpful Tips for Vertical Gardening
Vertical gardening can greatly improve your crop production. Keeping vegetable plants off the soil will help prevent soil-borne diseases, and may limit […]
7 Things First Time Gardeners Should Know
First time gardeners out there, here are seven things you should know before you jump in and get your hands too dirty. […]
All You Need to Know About Straw Bale Gardening
Straw bale gardening is the answer to any organic gardener’s prayers. If your soil is so poor that amending, or enhancing, it […]
How to Grow Globe Artichokes
Globe artichokes are one of the most exotic looking of all the vegetables You can grow Globe artichokes in your typical northern […]
Growing Plants Vertically
Growing Plants Vertically Vertical Growing Using vertical space frees the ground space for other crops. Examples of vegetables that grow well vertically […]
Growing Yellow Pear Tomatoes
How to grow Yellow Pear Tomatoes Possibly the most popular yellow heirloom variety of tomato, the Yellow Pear gets its name from its […]
How To Grow Basil Bush Like a Pro
The best way to ensure that a plant grows to its maximum potential is to give it want it needs. In the […]
The ABCs of Vertical Gardening
Vertical gardening—also called intensive gardening—is not a new idea, but it has gained momentum in recent years with a lengthening list of […]
Top 10 Tomato Growing Myths
Tomatoes are by far the most popular vegetable to grow in the United States. There is nothing like a tomato ripe from […]
5 Dirty Secrets to a ” Less Work ” Garden
It took over 20 years of gardening to realize that I didn’t have to work so hard to achieve a fruitful harvest. […]
How to Improve Your Garden Soil
Whether you garden on clay, silt or sand there are steps you can take to improve your garden soil and get the […]
How to Plant and Grow Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are a straight-forward but frost-tender crop – they thrive in hot conditions and are drought-resistant once established. They don’t need […]
Grow Strawberries Year-Round For Free
Strawberries are one of the most delicious summer foods. There are few things as satisfying as biting into a juicy, red strawberry […]
How to Get Rid of Ants Invasion Naturally
How to Get Rid of Ants Invasion Naturally There’s nothing like walking into your kitchen first thing in the morning, bleary eyed […]
Tomatillos – Growing Guide
Tomatillos are an essential ingredient in Mexican salsa verde, they’re delicious chopped in stews and soups, and roasted tomatillos add a fresh […]