Fire blight is a destructive bacterial disease that primarily infects apples, pears, and related tree members. If you grow trees on your property, you need to understand this bacterial disease because ...
6 Alternative Ways to Raising Chickens Without a Coop
Raising chickens is a great way to have fresh eggs each day, and it's fun for the whole family. But what do you do if you don't want to build or buy a chicken coop? You can make your own DIY ...
Psyllids: How to Spot, Treat and Control this Prolific Garden Pest
When most gardeners think of common pests, they usually think of aphids, scale, snails, and slugs. You don't often hear people talking about psyllids. The truth is, even if you've been gardening for ...
Potato Tire Towers: An Ingenious Way To Maximize Your Potato Harvest
If you've been thinking about growing potatoes but are hesitant about it, don't be! Growing potatoes is insanely easy. Even better, you can grow them with the help of upcycled materials. Even if you ...
10 Natural Pest Traps To Use In An Organic Garden
Flies. Slugs. Ants. Aphids. The list goes on and on - and when it comes to pests in the garden, it sometimes seems as if there is no easy solution. You want to get rid of the pests that are ...
Growing Durian Tree: How to Raise This Incredibly Unique Fruit
When I told my wife I wanted to grow durian, she asked why. Traveling through Asia, there are signs banning durian from public transport, hotels, and other areas. In other words, not everyone is a ...
How to Prevent and Get Rid of Grasshoppers in Your Garden
As an experienced and avid gardener, I expect to see all sorts of pests and diseases in my vegetable patch. I take them all in my stride, but there's one pest that really makes me anxious, and it's ...
How to Make Pine Pitch Glue at Home
Have you ever been working on a craft and thanked the heavens that someone invented glue? Would it surprise you to learn that different types of glue have been used for about 200,000 years? Yeah, that ...
The Most Common Problems When Growing Lettuce (and How to Fix Them)
I love all things salad, so I grow a lot of lettuce to keep myself in supply. Most of the time, you get a great harvest because it's such an easy plant to grow. Unfortunately, you also run up against ...