There is no limit to how creative you can be when it comes to container gardening, and there are many advantages to potting plants rather than transferring them into beds. You can even grow your own herbs, fruits, and vegetables in containers on your porch or kitchen windowsill. Making choices about which plants will thrive [...]
Prepare for Spring Gardening Now
Even though it’s still several more weeks of winter, now is a great time to prepare for spring gardening. If you’ve thought about making changes to your garden, now is a good time to figure out what you would like to do different. Do you want to plant something different this coming spring or change [...]
Should You Water Your Lawn in the Winter?
Many homeowners will continue to water their lawns in the winter especially if it’s a dry winter but is it really necessary? Watering your lawn in the winter can help to encourage growth in the spring so you can have a thick, lush lawn. However, over-watering can do more harm than good. If you over-water [...]
Tips for Taking Care of a Large Backyard Garden
A large backyard garden has many benefits but it does require a lot of care. The larger area allows you to be as creative as you want. You can plant one large garden or split it up into two or three different ones to make it easier to take care of. You can plant a [...]
Tips for Starting a Vegetable Garden In the Fall
When you’re planting a fall garden for the first time it helps to have a few good tips that can improve the amount of success you have. Planting your first vegetable garden may seem like a daunting task but there are things you can do to make it easier. The first step is to choose [...]
Gardening for Exercise
When you think about gardening, most people think about the fresh fruits and vegetables they can enjoy or the beautiful scenery they’ll be creating. However, there is another excellent benefit to gardening that you can take advantage of too. Gardening helps you strengthen your muscles and bones as well as burn calories, all while doing [...]
How to Harvest and Prepare Organic Seeds
By harvesting and preparing your organic seeds at the end of this year’s growing season, you can get a jump-start on next year’s planting. Collect seeds from the best plants of the season and these will produce the best plants for next year. Place the seeds in a ceramic bowl to dry. Once they have [...]
Flower Garden Mulching Tips
Mulching your flower garden can help keep your plants healthier. Mulching makes your garden look neater and clean by keeping the weeds down, which can save you a lot of work weeding. It also helps to soak up and conserve moisture by reducing the amount of water the sun evaporates and it can help prevent [...]
Backyard Flower Gardens
Easy Steps to Make a Beautiful Backyard Flower Garden Backyard flower gardens increase the appeal of your home to neighbors and friends especially if it is landscaped properly. The tantalizing colors of different flowers along with the green grass and leaves of trees and bushes simply add to its natural effect. Backyard accessories such as [...]
Backyard Garden Ideas
Everyone wants a good looking and well producing garden. Let’s look at some backyard garden ideas for inspiration! Look at this beautiful flower garden image from Clownfish When it comes to gardening, the first thing you will want is a beautiful lawn. The right grass, combined with proper preparation and maintenance, can make all the [...]