Are you interested in creating your own terrarium? Feeling uncertain about which plants would do well in it? A simple project can get complicated when you ponder how many different plant varieties ...
How to Create Sustainable Lasagna Gardening in Only 6 Simple Steps
Are you tired of battling excessive weeds in your garden? Maybe you feel as though gardening is becoming excessively labor intensive for you? What if you want an easier method of gardening all the ...
3 Easy Ways to Radically Improve Your Soil Using Trench Composting
When I first started growing my own food, I dutifully began a three-bin compost system. I saved my browns and greens in two of those bins until I had the right amounts of each. I mixed my compost ...
How to Grow a Salad Garden from Seed to Table
Before I started growing our food, I spent a fortune on salad ingredients. It wasn't just the lettuce that cost so much. There were the tomatoes, herbs, specialty greens, radish, cucumbers, and more ...
Hydroponics 101: A Getting Started Guide to Gardening without Soil
The term hydroponic gardening sounds familiar, but most people misunderstood it as growing plants on water. While that's not wrong, it's not the complete picture. In reality, this gardening technique ...
7 Important Reasons You Should Plant Heirloom Seeds in Your Garden
Have you ever heard the term heirloom seeds and wondered what the big deal about them is? Truthfully, I used to feel the same way. But over the years I’ve done my research and began to have a ...
How to Use the Core Gardening Method to Grow with Minimal Water
Are you tired of your garden needing constant watering? Do you live in an area with an arid climate which is hard on your plants? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you are going to be ...
Annual vs. Perennial vs. Biennial: 3 Plant Types You Should Know
Do you ever find yourself browsing at the nursery only to read labels and not understand what they mean? One of the most challenging items to distinguish is whether a plant is an annual, biennial, ...
22 Best Vegetables to Plant in Your Straw Bale Garden
Have you heard of the term ‘straw bale gardening?’ It’s a fantastic gardening method where you get the straw bale to begin to compost. From there, you plant your vegetables within the straw bale, ...