You know that vegetables are good for you, but do you know what is good for your vegetables? The right growing conditions are essential to whether plants grow from a hopeful little seed into a delicious, nutritious crop. While not everyone has the optimal ground conditions needed for vegetable sowing, here are eight great suggestions for …
Healthy soil leads to healthy plants, and for convenience’s sake, people often pump their garden soil with chemicals and fertilizers that promise to deliver quick results. Those solutions fall short because synthetic and inorganic chemicals and fertilizers aren’t eco-friendly and deplete your soil’s organic matter over time. If your garden soil needs a boost, and …
Compost is an organically rich material with a good texture that can lighten heavy clay soil and give substance to slippery sandy soil. Any soil texture, including garden soil, will benefit from compost because it’s a mix of many ingredients, all working together to create a harmonious environment for your plants to thrive. So, apart from picking …
There’s something special about flowers that bloom all year long. Maybe because they’re always there to cheer us up no matter the season. Or maybe it’s because they remind us that summer is just around the corner, even when it feels like winter will never end. Here are five flowers that will ensure your garden …
Perennials are plants that bloom for one season and if grown under favorable conditions, they can live a long time. Their lifespan usually ranges between three to five years and they can be divided into three major categories; herbaceous, evergreen, and woody. Herbaceous perennials die every year, but their roots and other parts of the …
Storing seeds is an important part of gardening! It’s especially important if you’ve bought them from some of the best online places that sell seeds for gardens! When you think about it, seeds are remarkable. They are unformed plants enclosed in a protective outer covering. For the most part, plant life majorly emerges from seeds, …
Container gardens are an excellent way to reconnect with nature, especially when you have very little space to spare. That said, one of the most common container gardening mistakes people make is to choose the wrong type of soil for their plants. Earlier, we rounded up the best potting mix for container plants, but if …
With the popularity growth of online shopping, it comes as no shock that amateur and master gardeners alike have started to turn this way for their seasonal seed purchases. However, unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a one-stop shop for all of your seed needs, and for each different type, you have to turn to …
A significant part of our health is dependent on our immune system. A vital part of our immune system is dependent on what we put in our bodies. We catch ourselves in this cycle where we get sick, take medicine, and repeat it over and over again. We fail to ask if there is a …
Having an immaculate backyard that can make heads turn can be a difficult task. You will have many things to consider – from the type of soil and fertilizer to the plants you will grow and the decors you will put up. However, where there are flowers, there are birds, and, in many cases, these …