Onions are a gem to grow in your garden. They make good friends with a lot of other crops and enhance the flavor of others. Plus, they help keep pests away. If you're looking to do a little companion ...
The Essential Guide to Canning Cucumbers
Canning cucumbers to preserve them is both easy and immensely satisfying. Better still, you can flavor them however you like! Growing vegetables takes a huge amount of time and effort. As a result, ...
How to Grow Sweet Candy Flower for Food and Beauty
If you want to try growing something a little different, candy flowers are delicious, nutritious, and beautiful. They're easy to grow and fill partially shady areas. More people should be growing ...
14 of the Best Companion Plants to Grow With Blueberries
If you've ever grown a blueberry before, you know what a huge crop just one plant can provide. Want an even bigger harvest? Blueberries respond well to companion planting, and let's face it, the more ...
Gardening For Climate Change: 12 Ways You Can Help
Climate change is causing shifting weather patterns and higher temperatures, and it's a challenge when gardening. Plants bloom or emerge earlier and act in unpredictable ways. That means the way we do ...
How To Create a Magical Movie Theater in Your Backyard
Watching movies is one of the best ways to spend a weekend with your friends and family, but sometimes you just want to stay home instead of traveling to the local cinema. Why not turn your ...
14 Best Companion Plants for Brassicas (Cabbage, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cauliflower, etc.)
Cole crops are common residents in veggie gardens all over the world. They're delicious, nutritious, and many of them are incredibly easy to grow (except for you, Brussels sprouts!). Finding the right ...
28 Perfect Lettuce Companion Plants and a Few to Avoid
You've probably noticed that plants thrive best when they have good neighbors. This goes for all life forms, really, but it's especially noticeable in one's garden. My lettuces (Lactuca sativa ...
The Secret To Getting Rid of Flies Outside and Inside the Home
We’ve all had those moments when you’re reading a book outside or cooking some dinner, and you hear a buzzing in your ear. You look, and it’s a bunch of flies surrounding you, your plants, or your ...