While tending to my own garden, I have found that one of the mostfrustrating things that can happen to a gardener is to walk outside tocheck on your plants.
Its just a routine walk to make sure that yourgarden is thriving, but you end up finding holes in all of your plantsthat looked fine only […]
As a rule, we choose to grow bush beans rather than pole beans.
I cannot make up my mind whether or not this is from sheer laziness.
In a city backyard the tall varieties might perhaps be a problem since it would be difficult to get poles.
But these running beans can be trained along […]
Sometimes, the urge to garden might be stomped out by other circumstances,such as living arrangements or space constrictions.
If you live in anapartment, you cant really operate a full garden, just because you dontreally have a yard! I think that one of the best solutions for thisproblem is to grow plants in containers.
You can […]
A lot of people stick a fake tree in a corner, dust the leaves off every week, and call it indoor gardening, but indoor gardening has grown into much more than that lately.
There are also a lot of people that thinks plants belong and should stay inside, but there are many reasons for […]
If youre a gardener that has an unlimited supply of water, consideryourself lucky.
There are many of us who live in drought zones where thegarden and lawn watering rules are very constrictive to the healthy growthof gardens and plants.
Many people just give up when they find out how fewgallons of water they are permitted […]
Organic gardening is the exact same as regular gardening except that no synthetic fertilizers or pesticides are used.
This can make certain aspects difficult, such as controlling disease, insects, and weeds.
Organic gardening also requires more attention to the soil and the many needs of plants.
Organic gardening starts with the soil.
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Ah, to this day I still remember my first gardening experience.
It wassuch a disaster that I didnt think I would ever want to garden again.
Ialmost decided to turn my casual hobby into the most rage-inducing topicyou could possibly bring up to me.
It all started a few weeks after I moved in to my […]
Any reliable seed house can be depended upon for good seeds; but even so, there is a great risk in seeds.
A seed may to all appearances be all right and yet not have within it vitality enough, or power, to produce a hardy plant.
If you save seed from your own plants you are […]
Im sure that if you are reading this, you have used some form of mulch during your gardening career.
However, you probably didnt know that there are many other options for organic mulching that you can explore.
These days, many gardeners are discovering new sources of free mulch that has been there all along; an […]
While having a full fledged garden is rewarding and enjoyable, lots ofpeople simply dont have the time that is required to maintain it.
Whetheryou have too much going on at work or too many kids to take care of, youshould never try to operate a garden if you dont think you can handle it.
For those […]
