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?
How to Get Kids Interested in Gardening
Here’s how you can foster a good mood among the children once you decide to bring them out for an afternoon in the garden.
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.
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.
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 (which gives you a sense of the personality type of gardeners!) However, once you understand what kind of conditions celery likes, it’s an enjoyable crop to grow in the backyard garden.
Easy, Breezy Houseplants that Cool Your Home
While everyone loves being indoors in air conditioning on hot summer days, indoor spaces sometimes could use a good pop of plant life. Plus, Mother Nature has her own way of cooling things down. Try cooling your house down the eco-friendly way with houseplants.
Ways To Minimize Transplant Shock
Transplant shock occurs because plants and trees are designed to stay in one place. Transplanting is more than just moving the plant. Gardeners need to think about how to reduce transplant shock. Some plants thrive in their new surroundings and terrain, while others perish. What is Transplant Shock? Plant transplant shock is caused by harm…
Tomato Care Growing Questions and Answers
Question: I am losing about half of my tomato crop because of fruit rot. Sunken round spots develop over the ripening fruit. The spots enlarge rapidly in warm weather.
Answer: ….
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 soil because large amounts are absorbed from the plant root zone during crop production.
Growing And Care Of Roman or German Chamomile Flowers
it’s best to grow your own chamomile. It is so easy to grow, and when you produce it yourself you know, it is natural and pure.
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Money Tree Care: Growing The Braided Money Plant [TIPS]
Like lucky bamboo, the indoor workhorse Dracaena deremensis ‘Janet Crag’ and other indoor plants, the money plant tree Pachira does well in indirect light and they’re hard to kill.
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, but you’ll always commit new ones each and every year. I do!
How to Grow Cannabis Like a Pro: Step-by-Step Guide
If you want to grow cannabis for the first time, you’ll need to get familiar with some ground rules. There are many different options for marijuana strains, grow lights, nutrients, and grow spaces.
Purple Fountain Grass: How To Care For Pennisetum Setaceam
Purple fountain grass – Pennisetum setaceum “Rubrum” is an ornamental landscape grass. Its foxtail plumes and striking burgundy foliage show up well when surrounded by contrasting plants. This herbaceous perennial grass is heat tolerant and grows well in poor soil.
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, green foliage adds amazing aesthetics. But sometimes our common backyard trees can fall victim to unforeseeable natural threats.
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 depleted with the passage of time.
As plants grow, they consume the soil nutrients. Fertilizing properly, adds nutrients back into the soil resulting in bountiful crops, beautiful flowers, healthy trees and bushes.
Christmas Cactus Grow and Care
The Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii), also known as Christmas cacti, Thanksgiving cactus or holiday cacti, no other plant seems to be equal, for its odd beauty or for the number of questions from frustrated owners about its care and culture.
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 growth, produce more flavor and protect fruits and vegetables from insects and pests.
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 “problem” is… you don’t have the room to make a sizable garden like you would have at a house.
How To Use Plastic Sheeting And Mulch In The Garden
The use of plastic sheeting or mulch in the garden proves to be a useful tool for some garden crops. Many crops do well with the support of plastic sheeting and plastic mulch. These innovative products have many uses in the garden.
Neoregelia Bromeliad Care Tips
Tip the adult plant out of its pot and gently cut the offsets loose using a very sharp, clean knife or clippers.
Be careful to give the offshoots enough roots to survive. If you cut it separate from all its roots, it will die.
Put the offshoots into their new pots. Cover them with a plastic bag for several days to hold in the moisture and help them get a good start. Be sure to set up a wireframe or a support rod inside the bag to prevent it touching the vegetation of your new plant.
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 C. Another nice fact is that the crop cycle is not very long. In fact, you can harvest them in about 10-12 weeks with multiple peppers per plant.
Summer Blooming Flower Ideas For Your Garden
For some color, texture, height and drama looking at adding some summer bulbs to your garden. Some can go in the ground, others need to be lifted and stored depending on location and others keeping them in pots or containers is a great way to “keep them.”
Asiatic Lily Care: How To Grow Asiatic Lilies
Beginners new to planting bulbs find Asiatic lilies among the easiest of all lilies to play with.
They are the first lilies of the season to flower, and they multiply fast. With simple care, these temperate northern hemisphere natives, grow and do well in USDA hardiness zones 10 all the way to 3.
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