Gardening is a passion of mine and I enjoy sharing tips and tricks with you guys that I’ve discovered for many years. If you’re new to gardening then it can all seem overwhelming and frightening at. Once you get into it though, it’s quite easy. Examine the USDA Plant Strength Zone Map to determine your…
Vegetables in Pots the very best Veggies to Grow in Containers
Veggies in pots is an excellent method to extend your growing space; and as yard homesteaders we are always trying to find that! There are lots of veggies that will grow wonderfully in pots and other containers. And much of them are rather pretty so I enjoy having them on my back deck or perhaps…
Beekeeping for Beginners
Are you a beekeeping newbie? Follow our timeline and suggestions to keep the colony in your brand-new beehive pleased, safe, and productive. The very first 10 days with your brand-new honey bees are essential for the colony’s success. In our video, Tricia reveals you how to welcome the honey bees to their hive and she…
17 Totally Ingenious Gardening Tips
To hinder pests and other animals from getting into your garden, stick some plastic forks into the soil. Since of them, the little critters won’t be able to step around! , if your tomatoes are too bitter, then try this technique! Mix a couple of tablespoons of baking soda into the soil around the base…
Powdery Mildew: Treatment and Avoidance
Growing your own veggies and herbs is constantly an obstacle, but absolutely nothing gets me more annoyed than when I need to battle grainy mildew. It is among the most common diseases that will affect your plants, specifically if you have actually been gardening for a while. It’s triggered by various kinds of fungi that…
List of the Finest 15 Common Organic Fertilizers
What are your choices with natural fertilizers? Ends up there are numerous great ones. For the garden enthusiast brand-new to the concept of organics, the array of choices frequently made available can be complicated. There are dozens of natural fertilizers available, each with various attributes and not all having convenient labels with simple how-to information…
Home Organic Gardening Ideas
Garden Idea: Start with excellent soil so you’re not hanging out trying to enrich it to conserve plants later. When every house had a small garden plot filled with different veggies and greens that just had to be gathered and brought to the kitchen for supper, there was a time. Americans moved away from that…
4 Ways to Grow a Healthy Garden without Pesticides
You need to see the shock on people’s faces when they ask how I control bugs in my garden and I respond, I don’t utilize pesticides. Obviously, I clarify that declaration by describing that I will, if required, resort to natural pesticide techniques — however that’s only in extreme cases. Otherwise, I have actually handled…
8 Never Ever Idea of Factors You Required a Vegetable Garden This Year!
Are you thinking of starting a vegetable garden? There are 8 reasons that starting a vegetable garden is a fantastic investment for you, your family, and financially. You will start a veggie garden this season my good friend! Why should you start a veggie garden? I inform you what, keep reading. Everyone needs to experience…
Renovating a Mature Fruit Tree
Do you have a mature, neglected fruit tree in your yard and you’re not sure what to do with it? Well here’s the good news is you can renovate it and start enjoying that heirloom fruit again, watch our video and Tricia will show you how. Before you begin you’ll need to decide if the…
DIY Vertical Gardens for Small Areas
What if you don’t have the high-end of a ginormous yard with space for the most intricate of gardens? Thankfully– there’s LOT of terrific ideas to construct yourself the most quite vertical and useful garden– simply right for the space you DO have! Let’s get to growing some deliciousness in our very own space-saving vertical…
Organic Classroom
It’s hard, but I like this life, Elaine said. You consume what you grow. It’s extremely imaginative. It’s outside. I’m my own boss. It’s actually nice to come up with our own schedule. We have a lot fun working together. We require time off to make sure it’s still fun, but we just laugh a…
Gardening Solutions Infographics – Gardening Solutions
Infographics are graphic visual representations of data that are planned to present complex information rapidly and plainly. Click on the thumbnails for a bigger image. Freezing Strawberries ( PDF for printing). Edibles to Plant in January for Florida. ( PDF for printing). Florida Trees Blooming in January. ( PDF for printing). Edibles to Plant in…
35 Perfect Container Plants for Small Spaces
35 Gorgeous Container Plants For Patio Excellence! Brighten Your Patio With These 35 Container Plants 35 Porch Perfect Plants For Containers 35 Porch Perfect Plants To Plant This Spring! 35 Extraordinary Compact Plants For Containers And Small Space Gardens There are lots of annuals and perennials available that can be grown in containers or in…
Think About Adding Borage To Your Garden
Borage is a plant I like to have in my gardens. Not just because it can be eaten, (which it can) or used for medicinal purposes (which it also can), but because it works wonderfully at attracting beneficial insects and at adding nutrients back into the garden. Borage (Borago officinalis) is an annual that can…
Seeds for a Truly Early Start
The weather outdoors is cold and gloomy. Here on the coast it is altogether wet — the ground is sodden and squishy. Elsewhere, the first blankets of snow are falling, and the ground is freezing hard. Only the most spirited of winter gardeners are still making trips to the greenhouse, low tunnels, or raised beds…
How to Grow Kale Microgreens Quick and Easy
Kale microgreens are some of the faster and much easier to grow micros out there, making them a terrific starter crop for novices. It’s tough to mess these up! They carry out equally well hydroponically or in soil. Nevertheless, if you are harvesting them past the 10 day mark I would suggest either growing in…
Container Gardening – How to begin a Vegetable Garden
Today I wished to discuss container gardening and how to begin a vegetable garden in containers. For me, weeds are frustrating. Since the weeds were difficult to keep up with, I quit my garden. I desired to talk to you about growing vegetables in containers since it is much simpler than I thought to do….
How To Manage Garden Diseases
I think an organic gardeners biggest challenge is how to manage garden diseases. At least in my area it is. Here in South Florida vegetable gardening can be a real challenge even under the best of circumstances. As I said in my book, Dirty Hands In Your Garden , gardening here should be an olympic…
DIY Aquaponics Projects For Beginners
This is a post for novices to learn how to develop basic DIY aquaponics systems. It includes system strategies for people that desire a simple and budget friendly aquaponics setup. What is Aquaponics Exactly? Aquaponics is a mix of 2 words: aquaculture and hydroponics. It takes standard aquaculture concepts of raising snails, fish, prawns, and…