Gardening tips for your edible vegetable garden at home using organic and natural techniques that are good for you, your garden and the environment.
If you are planning to grow onions in your home garden, it is important to understand the different growth stages of this crop. Each stage requires different care and attention from germination to maturity to ensure a successful onion harvest. How Long is an Onion Plants Lifecycle? Onion plants have a fairly long growth cycle, … Read more
I’ve been composting at home for a while now and my garden loves me for it. But when you’re just starting out, you might be surprised by the unusual things you can compost. So I’ve compiled this list of some more unusual items you can compost at home that perhaps you have never thought of. … Read more
As a gardener, it is important to understand the growth stages of the plants you are growing, so you can provide the right care and attention at the right time. Corn is a popular choice among home gardeners, but it can be a challenge to understand the growth process. Corn takes two to three months … Read more
If you go out to your vegetable garden to find small, jagged holes in your potato plant leaves, you may be witnessing damage by voracious potato bugs. These beetles, and in particular the potato bug larvae can really chew through your potato leaves and create a mess of your plants. In this article, I’ll cover identifying potato bugs along … Read more
The sight of unplanned fungi cropping up in your raised bed might be confusing at first. You might even be worried about what this means for your garden. Are mushrooms in your raised garden bed going to harm your other crops? Why are they appearing in the first place? The good news is that this … Read more
Bay leaves are a common herb in the kitchen, often used in stews or other dishes and removed before eating. The bay tree (also known as sweet bay, bay laurel or just laurel) is also grown ornamentally, used as a hedge, and used in topiary. So if you’re one of the many people that enjoy … Read more
A DIY trellis for cucumbers in the vegetable garden makes great use of space by allowing you to grow vegetables vertically. And climbing vegetable plants, including cucumbers, need the support of a trellis to help protect their crops. I particularly wanted a DIY cucumber trellis for growing cucumbers that could later be used to grow sugar snap … Read more
While both Globe Artichokes and Jerusalem Artichokes have the word “artichoke” in their name, they are actually wildly different plants. They may have similar culinary uses, but the way they grow and look is very different. So what is the difference between the Globe Artichoke and Jerusalem Artichoke? And how are they similar? Let’s take … Read more
As a gardener, where you get your seeds is important. You can buy them from big companies like Home Depot or Burpee — and there’s nothing wrong with that! I used to get a lot of my plants from Home Depot, and still get some there every year. But there are dozens of other online … Read more
Any gardener knows that mulch can be a very useful tool. I use it to overwinter my strawberries and to help control moisture levels in the garden. But if mulch is so useful, why does it sometimes smell so bad? In this post, I’ll get into reasons why mulch can smell bad, what it means … Read more