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Can You Grow Your Own Coffee Beans at Home?
By Guest Author Michael Shewmake. Can you grow your own coffee beans at home? Absolutely — it’s just a question of conditions and commitment.…
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Optimize Fruit Tree Soils for Best Production
Of all things necessary to grow fruit trees – or anything else, for that matter – soil is perhaps one of the most overlooked…
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GROWING AND CARING FOR GREEN BEANS
When it comes to growing beans, there are many different types of beans that can be grown in your garden or even inside the…
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Garden Edging For Landscaping: Guide, Tips & Ideas
Yard edging is giving plants their space to grow no matter how small, or large the landscape is. Not sure how to edge your…
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Learn How To Grow Sedum Plants
These easy-care, low-water plants are found in the Northern Hemisphere, but some members are native to South America and Africa.
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How to Prune Blueberries
To get a great crop of blueberries every year, one also has to prune the shrubs every winter. Not spring or fall, but during…
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On Buying Compost Bins
Invariably organic gardeners face the question, which type of compost bin should I buy? A stationary bin or tumbler? And how large?
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How to Make Leaf Mold
Leaf mold is the best use of fall leaves and it’s so simple to make, even if you’ve never gardened before, you’ll ace it.
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Best Plants For Container Gardening
In this article, we will discuss a dozen of the top picks for creating a container garden that delivers a powerful visual impact.
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How To Grow Your Own Organic Celery
Celery has a reputation as one of the most daunting vegetables to grow. In fact, many people like to grow it for the challenge…
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How To Care For The Beautiful Flowering Dogwood
The dogwood tree is an attractive tree in every season of the year. In the springtime, dogwood trees burst into full blooms blanketing the…
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The Importance Of Potassium For Plants
It’s simple, you need potassium for plants if you want healthy plants. It’s vital that you have the right amount of potassium in your…
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8 "Nos" for The Vegetable Garden
Irrespective of whether you are a beginner or a guru in growing vegetables, making mistakes is inevitable. You might not repeat the old mistakes,…
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How To Winterize Roses and Rose Bushes
We get asked every year on: “How to prepare rose bushes for winter? How do I winterize roses?” There are many different types of…
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The Most Common Threats To Your Trees
Trees are an important element to your backyard landscape. Not only do trees provide much-needed shade in our increasingly urban suburbia, but their lush,…
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On Picking The Right Garden Fertilizer
Most soil usually does not contain enough nutrients to help plants reach optimum performance and growth levels. Even the very best garden soil becomes…
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To quote Bruce Cockburn, "I'm going to the country…sunshine smile on me."
One last stop that is definitely on my “to do” list is a visit to local Carp vineyards and winery where they grow both…
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Railing Planters Bring Color To Outdoor Living
Railing planters help fix one of the downsides of living in an apartment in a big city (or any city for that matter). The…
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Growing Bell Peppers For Gardening Beginners
So you’re interested in growing bell peppers! We find bell peppers in red, green, yellow and purple, plus they are loaded vitamin A and…
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Plant, Grow, and Harvest Horseradish
Horseradish root is exceptionally easy to grow, highly productive, and has a lot of other uses beyond making wasabi. It’s great for clearing sinuses.…
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On Self Watering – Sub Irrigation Planters.
Self-watering planters or Sub-Irrigation planters (SIP) are the perfect choices for anyone wanting to take up container gardening. However, self-watering pots are ideally suited…
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On fertilizing your vegetable garden
New gardeners and even some veteran gardeners add far more garden fertilizer than their vegetables need. And in many cases when plants are struggling,…
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Coffee Grounds for Plants
You’ve heard that adding coffee grounds to your compost speeds decomposition and adds much-needed nitrogen to the compost. Coffee grounds are good for plants…
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When to Plant Strawberries (Hint: Think Spring)
Juicy, sweet strawberries picked from your own garden are simply the best. Plus, taking strawberries from your own garden to your plate is so…
