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Seed Germination Tips
If you have started some seeds, the first thing that you should see is a pair of leaves. These are called seed leaves and…
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What is Square Foot Gardening?
Square Foot Gardening divides the growing area of a raised garden bed into a grid in which crops are planted according to their mature…
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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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Planting Guides – Forage for Honey Bees
Abundant and healthy populations of pollinators can improve fruit set and quality, and increase fruit size. In farming situations this increases production per acre.…
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Tomato Blight: Identification and Treatment
Tomato blight refers to a family of pathogens, caused by fungus which spreads through tomato foliage, often during wet weather.
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Top Vegetable Suggestions for Early Spring Planting
Are you ready to plant? You can sow cool season crops directly in the ground as soon as the soil temperature is at or…
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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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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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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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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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Get Rid Of Striped, Spotted Cucumber Beetles
The Cucumber beetle is a common pests throughout most of southern Canada east of the Rocky Mountains. Cucumber beetles spread plant disease and lay…
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Companion Plants For Tomatoes
Some people believe in tomato companion plants and others think it is some old wives tale. Growing friendly plants together is said to help…
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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 Caring for Daylilies
So you’re interested in growing daylily bulbs. For starters, the preferred planting seasons for daylily bulbs (Hemerocallis) are spring and fall, but you can…
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Blister Beetle – How To Control Blister Beetles [In The Garden]
The blister beetle – there are more than 2500 different species and types of blister beetles (scientific name Meloidae) worldwide, so no matter where…
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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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Scale Insects on Plants – Removing Scale Bugs On Plants Indoors and Out
Plant scale insects come equipped with piercing/sucking mouthparts and are widespread around the world. There are over 8000 types of plant scale, and they…
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