Fall Garden: How To Prepare Your Garden For Winter
The fall garden… it’s that time of the year when the weather begins to cool and there’s a nip in the air, you know it’s time to begin preparing your
General Vegetable Info Archives
Cucumber Leaves Turning Yellow – Causes Of Yellowing Leaves?
You’ve cultivated your dream garden – tomatoes, squash, and cucumbers galore. But what’s that? A yellowing cucumber leaf. Then two, three, and four leaving you wondering why. Yellow spots and
Should Pressure-Treated Lumber Be Used In A Vegetable Garden?
Many gardeners growing in a raised bed ask “Is pressure treated wood safe for vegetable gardens”? They fear the chemicals used in the treated wood of the raised bed will
How To Make Good Soil For A Garden
Picture to yourself an enormous factory manned by innumerable workers, each one assigned to his task of converting raw materials into more finished goods. Each worker toiling endlessly, never off
Tips On Fertilizing Your Vegetables To Get a Bigger Yield
Provide your vegetable garden with full sun for at least half the daylight hours. Plant it in well-drained soil, which can be kept moist and free of weeds. Then go
How To Get Your Soil Ready For Gardening
The first spring flowers will be greeting the eye any day now. There will be chionodoxas, snowdrops, scillas, narcissus, hyacinths, tulips and other spring flowers. Snow has receded leaving a
Growing Dill Plants: Anethum Graveolens [Cooking, Beneficial Insects]
Dill plants (Anethum graveolens) [fal-KAY-tuh grav-ee-OH-lens] is found throughout the Mediterranean, Europe, and most kitchens. Dill is a popular kitchen herb people frequently grow for flavoring. However, gardeners also plant dill
8 No No’s In 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
Is Cucumber A Fruit Or Vegetable? Not a [SIMPLE] Answer
Here’s the deal! Did you ever ask yourself this question – “Is cucumber a fruit or a vegetable?” All fruits and veggies are very healthy additions to any diet, but
How To Make A Vertical Herb Planter Step By Step
Having fresh herbs right outside the door takes fresh to a whole new level. The vertical herb planter has removable shelves and is easy to build. Use bagged potting soil
Growing Tomatillos: How To Care, Grow And Use Tomatillos
The Tomatillo plant, an odd-looking distant tomato cousin and one of the essential ingredients in Mexican cuisine, especially recipes of green tomatillo salsa. These wild growing central American natives and
10 Frugal Gardening Tricks For More Effective Growing
Gardening is a beloved hobby and past time for millions of men, women, and children around the world. Below you’ll find 10 helpful tips and tricks for saving money while growing
27 Plants That Don’t Like To Mix It Up – Incompatible Plants!
Most experienced gardeners do a good job in keeping their plants healthy but even with these efforts some plants are just not meant to grow next to the other. There
How To Make A Lettuce Ball Basket
Wouldn’t be great to walk out into the backyard, patio or small balcony and harvest a lettuce leaf or two for tonight’s salad. It’s possible with a lettuce ball basket!
Growing Garlic: How To Grow Garlic – 5 Steps
It’s important when growing garlic to avoid the ones laced with chemicals found in store (most garlic is sprayed with chemicals). It’s best to plant garlic in Autumn, and avoid
HOW TO Tips For Growing Asparagus In Raised Beds
Growing asparagus in raised garden beds provides perennial asparagus plants a secluded spot for controlled growing conditions. It allows for undisturbed growth each year. A raised bed isolates the seed and
7 Ways to Use Superfood Broccoli Stalks
Broccoli stalks along with the florets is an old-fashioned, traditional food that people have enjoyed for many centuries. It’s a great choice for staying healthy because it is really one
How to Grow 100 Pounds Of Potatoes In 4 Square Feet
One of the great things about growing potatoes is they are fairly low maintenance and they can be grown in pots, massively in the ground or in grow bags. Some
How To Make A Pallet Garden
Pallets are being used for all kinds of things these days indoors and out. Mavis from onehundreddollarsamonth.com shows how she put together a a pallet garden. She answers the question
Garden Lime Uses in the Home Garden
We’ve written about when to lime your lawn, and applying it in the garden and landscape as well. The use of lime for soil is a subject many homeowners write