Snake plants are one of the most popular houseplants out there. They're instantly recognizable with their long, pointed leaves that are sure to catch anyone’s eye. There are over a dozen different ...
10 Ways to Use Extra Veggies from Your Garden Without Wasting
There are so many ways to use up extra veggies from your garden. From whipping up delicious batch after batch of tomato sauce with your extra Mortgage Lifters to tossing oversized, overabundant ...
How To Get Rid of Silverfish
Have you ever opened the pantry to find a silvery mass of scaly creatures? It’s a shocking sight. Silverfish look out of place on land, but these insects make themselves at home in dark, humid ...
How to Treat and Prevent Brassica White Leaf Spot Disease
Also known as Cercospora or Pseudocercosporella, there are two different types of fungi that can cause white leaf spot diseases on brassica plants. These diseases affect all plants in the brassica ...
14 Crops to Plant in Fall for a Spring Harvest
Have you heard of "overwintering" crops? This is a process in which you sow seeds in autumn to harvest the following spring. Many seeds don't only survive cold temperatures but actually need a period ...
Can You Plant Fresh Peas and Beans, or Just Dried?
When I planted my peas last spring, it occurred to me that I had never heard of anyone planting fresh peas before. I started asking around, and nobody had ever even thought about the idea. Everyone ...
12 Cannabis Diseases and Problems to Watch Out For
No matter what plants you grow, you'll inevitably have to contend with botanical diseases. As you can imagine, cannabis is no exception. Whether you're growing these plants for profit or medicine, ...
7 Common Houseplant Problems: What’s Killing My Houseplants?
Houseplants provide a little slice of nature indoors, whether you're in the middle of a city or out on a farm. Just like outdoor plants, houseplants sometimes struggle to survive. When your ...
8 Benefits of Using Plastic Mulch in the Garden & Drawbacks to Consider
Whether you've been gardening for 3 weeks, 3 years, or 3 decades, you’ve probably already heard of all the benefits that mulch can offer to your plants. The classic choices for garden mulch are ...