Garden Facts & Garden Fun

When growing a vegetable garden it can be hard to control pests. Do not spray harsh chemicals on the vegetables you are going to eat. So to help you control the pests that may invade your garden, you will want to stay vigilant. If you happen to notice them early on, you can control them [...]

Another way to help them grow is by watering them with the liquid that is left from cooking vegetables. Add coffee grounds or tea leaves to the soil of acid-loving plants like rhododendron and gardenia. Chamomile tea is effective in combating a fungus problem within your garden. Start brand new plants by using cuttings from [...]

Utilize fall colors. Before they finally shed their leaves in the fall, deciduous plants often put on one last show as their leaves turn shades of every color of the rainbow. This is due to a decrease in chlorophyll production, causing the plant to lose its green tint, showing another pigment. To make sure you [...]

As you are working in your garden, you must take care to protect both knees. For most people, bending over while gardening is too difficult. Due to this, most people choose to garden while on their knees, which also makes it easier to tend to plants. You can kneel on a knee pad so that [...]

Make sure to be weary of stink bugs whenever you garden, particularly during the fall months. They love to inhabit peppers, beans, tomatoes and all kinds of fruit varieties. If left uncontrolled, they can cause substantial damage in your garden, so make plans for how to protect your plants from these pests. Place a few [...]

Get Great Advice With These Handy Garden Tips And Ideas If you feel that your home’s exterior is lacking something in appearance, the obvious solution is to add a garden! Gardens are beautiful, improve property value, and make your home look great! Gardening is also a great stress reliever. Read on to find out what simple [...]

Planting a garden is half the battle. From the day your garden is planted, it will require maintenance to keep your flowers blooming and looking good all summer long. Most plants must be pruned from time to time to keep them healthy and looking their best.  Pruning can be done almost any time of the [...]

Just what is garden soil? Did you ever wonder about where that dirt came from in your garden? Well, here’s the story! Soil begins when friction, heat and water erosion cause rocks to crumble and break up over long periods of time. Animals and plants die and decay, and mix in with the crumbling rock, [...]

Organic Garden Tips – Tomatoes In Pots Growing tomatoes in pots can work quite well.  It’s a great way to grow tomatoes close to the house, or grow them when you don’t have a garden space and don’t want to dig holes in your yard. Growing tomatoes in pots will allow for a succession of healthy and [...]

Organic Gardening on a Slope – Part III You’ve thought about the terraces. You’ve thought about the rock gardens. For whatever reason – economics, physical work, whatever – they don’t appeal to you right now. Well, there’s still another option to take care of a sloped area, and that’s to use groundcovers for a natural [...]

What Makes Organic Gardening Different? Gardening is gardening, but organic gardening is different because it doesn’t use chemicals. It’s a natural approach to growing things, and dare I say it? A greener approach! With more and more people becoming concerned about the environment and the food we use to fuel our body, organic gardening is [...]

Where To Find Organic Gardening Help When You Need It Whether you’re a beginner or a long-time organic gardener, everyone could use a little bit of gardening help now and then. Sometimes it’s learning the “how-to’s”, other times it’s help to solve a problem, and once in a while we’d just like a new organic [...]