The 12 essential gardening tools you cannot do without if you intend to start a successful garden. Having these tools in your shed is the first step to becoming an avid gardener by making your work easier and enjoyable. Read on to find out why they are essential.
By Guest Author Michael Shewmake. Can you grow your own coffee beans at home? Absolutely — it’s just a question of conditions and commitment. Serious coffee drinkers think nothing of grinding fresh, whole coffee beans every time they brew. Some people like an even deeper level of commitment by roasting their own beans at home…
Dehydration is the best way to store food for the long-term. We scoured our favorite homesteading sites to find the best recipes for the foods you’re most likely to want to preserve.
People are increasingly concerned with the quality of air in the indoor spaces in which they spend significant amounts of time.
How to start seeds, germinate, grow, and care for them is a gardener’s life skill. Many plants and vegetables fare better when started indoors before the ground warms up. We’ll go over some of the most common (and successful) ways to start seeds both indoors and out, as well as give our favorite tools for…
The relentless march forward of ‘progress’ damages our 56 species of butterfly and 2,500 species of moths who are sensitive to change – but your garden can help them find food and shelter.
Tomato blight refers to a family of pathogens, caused by fungus which spreads through tomato foliage, often during wet weather.
These easy-care, low-water plants are found in the Northern Hemisphere, but some members are native to South America and Africa.
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.
In this article, we will discuss a dozen of the top picks for creating a container garden that delivers a powerful visual impact.
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.
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.
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.
Adding solar powered landscape lighting and other features to your landscape is one of the easiest and most affordable ways to make excellent use of the clean, abundant energy from the sun. Solar technology becomes more efficient and affordable by the day, and is an excellent source of low-voltage power for a wide variety of landscape features and functions.
So you’ve carved your Halloween pumpkin, and it is a masterpiece!
The question is now – “How do you preserve a carved pumpkin from rotting?” The last thing you would want to see after carving some Halloween pumpkins is the lovely carved out smiles turning into rotting grimaces.
It’s easy to grow cactus from grafts, seeds or cuttings if you know how. The propagation method of cactus you choose depends on the type of cactus you are dealing with. Each type has its own special quirks.
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.
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.
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.
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. It’s the key ingredient in cocktail sauce. I personally couldn’t imagine eating roast beef without it.
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 for busy individuals, forgetful people and those who have not had good luck with plants in the past.
Euphorbia trigona , or African Milk Tree, is known for rapid and enthusiastic growth. Growing up to six to eight feet tall, it is a rugged, easy-care plant with thorns! The plant features three-sided stalks with spines along its edges and cactus-like branches, and is appropriate in a variety of landscaping and gardening uses. Many…
So let’s try and give a general overview of growing Bougainvillea, its care, blooming, light, water, soil, origin and more…
Summary: Dracaena fragrans corn plant, grown in many forms, usually multiple plants of staggered heights, hardy indoors when acclimated. Fragrans is the solid green variety of Dracaena family we often call the corn plant or cornstalk dracaena. Some of its other common names include mass cane or Massangeana cane.The fragrans flower gave the plant its…
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