This guide on how to grow baking pumpkins includes how to plant, care for, and harvest baking pumpkins. When we talk about baking pumpkins, we are talking about the small, often softball size pumpkins also called pie pumpkins or sugar pumpkins. These baking pumpkins are given the name due to the fact that they areRead More
How to Grow Jack-o’-lantern Pumpkins
These tips on how to grow Jack-o’-lantern pumpkins include how to start Jack-o’-lantern pumpkins, how to transplant Jack-o’-lantern pumpkins, and how to care for Jack-o’-lantern pumpkins. Carving your own Jack-o’-lantern is fun, but did you know that growing your own jack o lantern pumpkins can be a great time, too? Growing your own Jack-o’-lantern pumpkins isn’t just rewarding,Read More
DIY Lemon and Rosemary Gardener’s Hand Scrub
This DIY Lemon and Rosemary Gardener’s Hand Scrub recipe is perfect for getting all of the dirt from gardening off your hands! When I get outdoors and garden, I want to garden. By that I mean really digging my hands into that amazing smelling dark soil. No gloves, just me, my spade, and some dirt.Read More
How to Grow Potatoes
This guide on how to grow potatoes includes how to plant potatoes, how to grow potatoes in contaEditiners, and when to harvest potatoes. Potatoes make such a satisfying meal, and growing your own potatoes can make those meals budget friendly, too. Lots of gardeners are starting to grow their own potatoes, since the investment isRead More
How to Grow Turnips
These tips on how to grow turnips will help you care for you turnips from seed to harvest. Turnips are making a comeback as gardeners realize how easy and inexpensive they are to grow, and just how tasty they can be! Turnips are ideal for cooler growing conditions, so if you live in an areaRead More
How to Grow Lettuce
Lettuce is a great vegetable to grow in the garden because it will keep producing throughout the season. These tips on how to grow lettuce will help to plant, care for, and harvest lettuce. There are so many reasons to grow lettuce. First of all, it comes in dozens of different varieties. Second, it canRead More
10 Most Popular Vegetables to Grow in a Garden
Here are the most popular vegetables to grow in a garden. Check out why they are so popular and find gardening tips for each vegetable. Plucking fresh tomatoes from the garden and cutting lettuce leaves for tonight’s salad are just a couple simple pleasures that come growing vegetables in a backyard garden. Having a vegetableRead More
Container Gardening 101
Maybe your yard does not offer enough room to plant everything you would like, or perhaps you are using containers to dress up your porch, patio, or deck. Either way, container gardening is a fun and an easy way to grow beautiful flowers and edible plants to enjoy. The beauty of container gardening is thatRead More
How to Use Succession Planting to Grow More Food
Gardening should be easy – toss some seeds out, water them, and in a month or so, harvest the fruits of your labor. In theory, it is that easy. More often than not, there are better gardening methods that you can implement to get the most out of your backyard garden. Instead of harvesting yourRead More
Container Gardening in Small Spaces
Do you want to garden, but only have a small yard or only a patio or balcony? Here are tips for container gardening in small spaces. Creating an edible or flower garden using containers can bring a lot of beautiful and beneficial flowers to a small space. Container gardening for small spaces can be achievedRead More
Vegetable Container Gardening
These tips on vegetable container gardening include container sizes and planting recommendations for common vegetables. Almost all vegetables can be grown in containers and vegetable container gardening can yield a ton of veggies to boot! One of the best parts of vegetable container gardening is that if a plant isn’t doing so hot in aRead More
How to Use Companion Plants in Your Garden
Here’s how to use companion plants in the garden and a list of good companion planting combinations. Just like with people, plants have their best friends – you know, those other plants that they like to grow old next to. When you grow certain plant combinations together they have surprising powers to help each otherRead More
10 Household Items You Can Use as Seed Starters
If you plan on starting seeds indoors this year, you will need some seed starters to get the job done. Seed starters help give your seeds a strong start, giving them a safe place to grow until they can be transplanted outdoors. You could buy seed starters, but so many other common household items canRead More
7 Tips for Successful Spring Gardening
Get your vegetable garden off to a good start with these tips for a successful spring garden. Have you been disappointed with your garden in the past? There are a number of factors that can hurt your spring garden. Use the tips below to ensure you start you get your garden off to a goodRead More
5 Tips for Growing Succulents
Succulents are a wonderful plant to grow both indoors and out. They are easy to maintain, have a fun modern look, and can be a great way to invite some nature into your space. If you have wanted to grow succulents but weren’t sure how, take a look below at 5 tips for growing succulentsRead More
5 Homemade Bug Spray Recipes
If you are trying to control insects in your yard and garden, try one of these homemade bug spray recipes. Insects can quickly take over a garden and getting rid of them can run a hefty bill while dousing your harvest in chemicals. You can make many insect repellents for your garden at home for a fraction of theRead More
Best Vegetables for Fall Gardening
Here is a list of the best vegetables to grow in our gardens this fall. Summer is a great time to plant a lot of vegetables, but winter gardening has some stand out winners. Fall gardening can start in September in many areas, and in October in the South and Southwest. What’s unique about this growingRead More
3 Ways to Start Composting
Creating compost and using it in our gardens is one of the best things you can do for the environment and for your garden. Here are 3 ways to start composting. Compost is nature’s recycling bin by taking all the vegetative and brown waste and turning it into soil that is rich in nutrients. CompostRead More
Top 10 Organic Fertilizers
Organic fertilizers are a plant’s best friend. Choose from this list of top 10 organic fertilizers to find a fertilizer that meets your plants’ needs. Does it really matter if you use organic versus synthetic fertilizers? The benefit of using organic fertilizers is that the plant can only uptake the nutrients it can use atRead More
How to Grow Tomatoes
There is nothing like a homegrown tomato! These tips on how to grow tomatoes from seed to harvest will help you grow your own. Tomatoes seem to be a staple in just about any garden you walk into. Tomatoes are easy to grow, easy to harvest, and can be used in hundreds of ways. JustRead More
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