First Garden or Updating? 3 Things to Consider This year’s gardening season is nearing in most areas of the world. So if you have decided this year you’re going to plant your first garden, if your garden this past year didn’t produce as well as you had hoped. or your garden last year was so awesome you want …
Some posts may contain affiliate links Natural Techniques to Keep Pests Out of Your Garden It’s that time of year! Planting season. But with planting season comes the critters who want to share in your seedlings. Keeping pests- insects, pets, wild animals- out of your garden can be hard work, especially if you don’t want to use …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Foraging Safely The featured article tells us there is such a thing as a free lunch, or almost free, by foraging safely. The edible wild plants around you can add to your plate both now and during lean times. Never eat a plant you are unable to identify. Although many plants around …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Slot Together Pyramid Garden Planter It is time to start gardening, and this is a great project if you want to build an awesome center piece or just a cool looking herb or plant pyramid garden. This can be achieved fairly easily and if you use your noggin’ …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Lawn Installation Lawn Installation. Hand Seeding, Hydro Seeding or Sod? Which is better? Personally I would have thought sod laying. After reading this article from a trusted source, mikesbackyardnursery.com I didn’t realize how easy it was to have a lush, green lawn again. I didn’t realize that sod shrinks and …
Planting and Growing Potatoes Potatoes are just a yummy staple we all should be growing. Did you know that growing potatoes is really easy and you can start growing them with old potatoes? Crazy huh! I found this great article that shows us how to plant and grow them with a great tutorial that is …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. MIY Lawn Fertilizer Whether you are hiring a field services company to mow and maintain your lawn or you plan on doing it yourself now is the time to start preparing for Spring. You may want to start thinking about the things that need to be done to get …
Rooting A Sweet Potato For Planting The sweet potato is a warm-season, spreading vegetable of tropical origin. It is a good choice for a garden because it is easy to grow, is drought- heat-tolerant, and has few pests or diseases. But it is started a little differently than most other common vegetables. If you …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Raised Garden Beds Raised garden beds are just fantastic, they produce a better yield as the soil is better heated giving the roots an advantage. Easier to tend because they require less stooping and the weeds do not spread between beds as easily as they do on level ground …
