Peas are one of the easiest vegetable plants to grow in your garden, but sometimes, problems arise. That leaves you wondering - why are my peas dying?! Even though most gardeners find that peas are ...
Goji Berry Plant: What You Should Know About Growing This Healthy Food
When I heard goji berries were a healthy superfood, I went to buy the fresh berries in the supermarket, but no one had them. I realized if I wanted fresh goji berries, I would have to start growing ...
15 Trees To Tap for Syrup Besides the Sugar Maple
When it comes to breakfast, my husband made it very clear early on in our relationship that nothing but pure maple syrup would do. We aren’t messing around with that Aunt Jemima stuff! He has ...
Veganic Gardening: The Basics of Natural, Animal-Free Growing
Although it's one of the less talked about gardening techniques, veganic gardening is an effective and healthy way to provide for you and your family. Veganic gardeners avoid things like chemical ...
How to Use Greywater in the Garden
You know that water that runs down the drain in the kitchen and bathroom every day? It's called greywater, and you can use it to water your garden. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of ...
How to Fix Alkaline Soil in the Garden
All soil has a pH range between acidic and alkaline, with neutral being in the middle. Most people worry about acidic soil, but gardeners need to understand alkaline soil as well. Having alkaline ...
Fall Pre-Seeding: How To Use This Clever Gardening Technique
I discovered pre-seeding a few years ago when I was super-busy with multiple projects, and I was looking for ways to enhance my efficiency in the vegetable garden. Pre-seeding gave me a head start ...
Why You Need to Plant a Wildflower Garden
All those luscious fruit and vegetable plants we love to grow in our gardens need to be pollinated to produce what we call food. This, of course, requires insects such as bees, butterflies, wasps, ...
The ABC of Sowing Seeds for Successful Seed Growth
It turns out there’s a lot to know about seeds. They don’t just come in all different shapes and sizes, but they also have different requirements when it comes to starting them. In short, ...