Deer can quickly devastate an entire crop, your beautiful flower garden or the tomatoes on your porch. As prey animals, they travel quickly through areas, grabbing a bite here and a mouthful there, ...
Growing Thyme: Varieties, How to Plant, Care, Problems, and Harvest
Thyme is a hardy, perennial, evergreen herb that is perfect for those winter stews and soups. The leaves are small but incredibly flavorful. Outside of the kitchen, growing thyme as a landscaping ...
Growing Rosemary: The Complete Guide to Plant, Grow, & Harvest Rosemary
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a beautiful evergreen that should be a staple in every herb garden. Growing rosemary is easy because it's a low maintenance plant that's perfectly happy in a pot ...
What You Need to Know About Using Water Troughs in the Garden
Water troughs, or stock tanks as they're also called, make fabulous gardening beds. They're a smart replacement for the typical wooden raised beds because they're sturdy and last a long time. I ...
Growing Tarragon: The Complete Guide to Plant, Grow, & Harvest Tarragon
Tarragon is a hardy perennial herb that may not be a staple in your kitchen – but it should be. Not only is growing tarragon one of the easier gardening challenges you can take on, but the herb has ...
When to Fertilize Fruits, Vegetables, and Ornamentals
Knowing when to fertilize your garden is one part art and one part science. Sometimes it's as easy as seeing that your tomatoes leaves look yellow and thinking they could use a nitrogen boost. Other ...
Everything You Need to Know About Growing Zones
You've seen those zone maps with the brightly colored yellow, green, blue and pink stripes. Maybe you've looked at them and wondered - why do I need to care about growing zones? Those pretty ...
Everything You Need to Know to Start Saving Seeds
Summer is an exciting time in the garden. Those tiny seeds you planted earlier in the year are growing and starting to produce. All your hard work is finally paying off. At this point in the growing ...
Growing Cotton: A Complete Guide on How to Plant, Grow, & Harvest Cotton
Cotton is an indispensable crop. We use cotton to make everything from clothing and rope to fishing nets, coffee filters, and paper. These days, more and more people are trying their hand at growing ...