If you’re living, gardening, homesteading in an area where there are venomous reptiles, you’re bound to encounter one eventually. That’s absolutely okay. When you’re aware of all the issues you may ...
Gardening on Sandy Soil: 4 Ways to Improve Sandy Soil and What to Plant
Not everyone is blessed with the perfect soil for gardening; most have to create it. If the earth in your garden is too sandy, don't stress. You can learn how to improve sandy soil and grow all of the ...
How and Why You Should Add Probiotics to Your Garden Soil
Just about every one of us has heard how probiotics improve our gut health. But did you know that probiotic gardening can improve your plant's health? Now, before you tip your yogurt around your ...
How to Make Bath Bombs with Herbs
If you're as much of a bath fiend as I am, learning how to make bath bombs with herbs is a great way to indulge your bath addiction without breaking the bank.The best part about making your own is ...
Anthracnose: How to Prevent and Treat This Fungal Disease
Anthracnose, often called twig or shoot blight, affects a variety of plants, trees, and shrubs. It's hard to combat once it infects your plants, so the key is to prevent anthracnose from appearing in ...
How to Fix a Muddy Chicken Run For a Healthier Chicken Environment
It’s almost that time of year again. No, not planting season. Not lambing. Not farrowing. It’s mud season, or rather, muddy chicken run season! It seems as though no matter what we do, we’re ...
What Is Wirestem and How Can You Prevent and Treat It?
From anthracnose to blossom end rot, sooty mold to verticillium wilt, it seems like there’s no shortage of diseases that can wreak havoc on your plants. As a gardener, likely all you want is for ...
Bacterial Canker Signs, Treatment, and Control Methods
For the most part, I’ve been fortunate that my garden plants stay more or less healthy regardless of whatever it is Mother Nature happens to throw at them! Part of this can be attributed, I am ...
How to Fertilize Greenhouse Plants to Overcome Nutrient Deficiencies
In my outside garden, fertilizing plants is quite easy. Mostly, all I use is mulch, compost, and a few organic fertilizers like feather meal and bone meal. However, my greenhouse plants require ...