Strawberries are a versatile little fruit. From cereal/salad topper to smoothie flavoring to tart pastry filling, this is a fruit you can incorporate into breakfast, lunch, dinner, beverage, or dessert. In addition to packing a bounty of Vitamin C, you’ll also get 5% or more of … [Read more...]
How to Get Rid of Grasshoppers in the Garden
If your vegetable garden beds are surrounded by grass, your crops may get visitors: grasshoppers. If grasshoppers make their way to your veggies, you’ll begin to notice holes in your crops’ leaves and partially eaten produce. If very large numbers are present, you may lose your … [Read more...]
Using Ollas in the Garden
With a little planning, ollas are a viable and efficient watering mechanism for your garden. This is particularly true for gardens in hotter and drier climates, as ollas reduce the amount of water lost to evaporation and seepage. For travelers, ollas provide a short period of … [Read more...]
6 Ways to Build Your Own Tomato Cages
Although a near-necessity for growing tomatoes, tomato cages can be as fancy, homemade, or as economical as you’d like. If you have some spare materials, you can avoid making a trip to the store prior to making your own tomato cages. Then again, if you are looking to upgrade your … [Read more...]
5 Easy Ways to Grow Your Own Sprouts
Sprouts of nuts, beans, and seeds were a dietary staple for over 5,000 years and still remain so in many Southeast Asian diets. After making international headlines for recent bacterial contamination, sprouts have received increased attention. The U.S. government even has a … [Read more...]
How to Grow Microgreens: A Beginner’s 101 Guide
Not eating--or growing--microgreens yet? Then you’re missing out on a seriously easy way to increase your nutrient intake. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the University of Maryland found that leaves from microgreens had more nutrients than the mature … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Mulch Your Vegetable Garden
Gardeners already understand the importance of mulching flower gardens. Mulch helps regulate the soil temperature, improves water retention, and prevents soil erosion. But should you mulch your vegetable garden? If so, with what? Studies show that mulching your vegetable … [Read more...]
Are You Making These Vegetable Gardening Mistakes?
If you’ve just started gardening but can’t seem to get your thumb “green enough,” make sure you’re not guilty of these popular gardening mistakes. If so, don’t fret: we’ll tell you how to fix these common mistakes so that you can be on your way to a productive vegetable garden. … [Read more...]
How to Grow Extra Tomato Plants from Cuttings
If you are lucky enough to live in an area with a long growing season, you may be able to fit in two growth cycles for your tomato plants. Wouldn’t it be nice not to start from seed the second time around? Or, if your growing season is nearly over, you barely have to plan ahead … [Read more...]
Saving Money With Your Vegetable Garden: How Much You Could Save?
Growing your own vegetables is bound to save you money during those all-too-frequent grocery shopping trips. But if you plan strategically, you can maximize the dollar potential of your vegetable garden. And we don’t mean selling your crops, which results in instant profit. … [Read more...]
10 Organic Pest Control Methods
If your vegetable garden is overrun with pests, the first step is to identify the invader. Snap a photo of the pest and compare to others on the internet, or ask a local garden expert. Once you have identified the pest, now you can take proactive measures to protect your garden. … [Read more...]
How To Grow Watercress
If you are looking for one super food to grow at home, look no further than to watercress. With more Vitamin A, VitaminB1, VitaminB3, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, iron, potassium, and calcium (whew!) than any other veggie out there, you will end up feeling like more than just a champion … [Read more...]
How to Improve Your Garden Soil
Consistent, nutrient-rich soil is every gardener’s dream. Too often we are stuck with what we have---or are we? If you find your soil is too sandy, rocky, mottled, discolored, or has too much clay, you can take steps to improve the quality of your vegetable garden … [Read more...]
Humane Ways to Keep Cats Out of Your Garden
They’re cute, fluffy, and the subject of hilarious YouTube videos, but cats don’t belong in your vegetable garden. If you are a cat owner, then you’re already aware that they don’t answer to humans, so keeping them out of restricted areas is no easy task. However, to save those … [Read more...]
Hugelkultur Raised Bed Gardening 101
Hugelkultur (pronounced HEW-gul-culture), is roughly translated from the German phrase “hill culture” and refers to a raised gardening style that takes place over mounds or---you guessed it---hills. This lasagna-style garden bed consists of layers of mulch material with one … [Read more...]
4 Strange DIY Raised Bed Garden Ideas You Could Build Yourself
Even the most attractive raised beds aren’t necessarily difficult to build. A simple raised bed can be constructed from logs, decorative brick, or cinder blocks and will serve its purpose well. However, if you’re into yard conversation pieces, consider trying one of these weird … [Read more...]
21 Easy-to-Grow Vegetables
Still trying to decide which vegetables to grow this spring? Take a look at this list of 21 easy-to-grow vegetables for some ideas. … [Read more...]
4 Vegetables You Can Easily Grow in a Container
Poor soil? Low sun exposure? No garden? You can still grow vegetables! Almost any vegetable can be grown in a container, but varieties that work the best are “compact” or “bush” plants: plants that have a confined growth habit. Here are steps to grow four popular vegetables in … [Read more...]
A Guide to Growing Winter Squash
The wonders of winter squash are all too often overlooked. From a nutritional standpoint, many varieties of winter squash weigh in as superfoods with super flavor. Rich in Vitamin C, potassium, beta carotene, dietary fiber, and carotenoids, these guys are the perfect nourishment … [Read more...]
10 Weird Intensive Gardening Methods That Really Work
There are so many different ways to garden that it would be hard to even list them all. We put together this grouping of ten different intensive gardening methods that make the most out of your gardening space, so that you can grow the most food possible with the least amount … [Read more...]
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