If you love bouquets of fresh-cut flowers around the house, why not grow your own cutting garden? A cutting garden is a flower garden full of flowers perfect for bouquets and other cut-arrangements! How incredible would it be to go to the backyard for fresh-cut flowers instead of to a local nursery or grocery store? […]
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Professional Pruning Tips You Need To Know
Back when I first started gardening I thought that the only plants that would need to be pruned were rosebushes! Boy, was I wrong! Just after my first year of gardening, I quickly learned that there are a lot of plants out there, bushes, vines, and even flowers, that require just a little bit of […]
5 Incredible Alternatives to Peat Moss
Beginner gardeners may be wondering: what exactly is Peat Moss? Peat Moss is a growing material made up of dead moss and other materials that form in the inside of Peat Bogs. The growing material is composed completely of moss, and develops over a period of several millenia. It is considered to be a 100% […]
10 DIY Gardening Projects for Winter
Bored this winter? Try making one of these DIY gardening projects for winter! They’ll keep your green thumb heathly, and everyone loves an easy gardening project or a few gardening ideas! Bamboo is the perfect material for building in the garden. Use any bamboo available to you to create these awesome DIY garden […]
12 Gardening Hacks to Growing Veggies in Containers
Use these gardening hacks when starting container gardening! Growing vegetables in containers is easy with these gardening hacks! Let’s start container gardening today! Instead of throwing out your old eggshells, you can use them to start seedlings. They self compost and will also add a boost of calcium to your soil. Wine bottles […]
10 of the Best Edible Plants that Grow in Shade
Do you have a part of your garden or porch that is almost always in the shade? Well you can make the most of that space by growing plants that do well in the shade! Edible plants that do well with little sunlight are mostly green leafy vegetables, root vegetables, and herbs. Here are 10 […]
30 Things That Will Make Your Summer Epic
It may seem like summer is years away, but it really will be here before we know it. If you are tired of the snow, and walking around wearing your bulky coat (does anything really ruin an outfit faster?) take a look at this list of amazing summer activities. I promise, it’s just around the […]
10 Clever Gardening Tips and Ideas
With spring coming (hopefully sooner than later) it’s time to start planning that garden! Whether you’re a first time, or seasoned gardener you will love these gardening tips. Use Cages When Planting Tomatoes This will help your tomatoes to grow up instead of spreading out horizontally. The vertical growth helps with pest and diseases, […]
10 Unexpected Ways to Use Baking Soda in the Garden
Who would have thought that you could use baking soda in your garden! I love these ideas, they are great! I cannot wait for spring to test them out! Make Your Tomatoes Sweeter Sprinkling baking soda around the plant will help to keep P.H. levels low, making your tomatoes sweeter. Get Rid Of Slugs Pour […]
8 Tried and True Ways To Get Rid of Flies
Nothing upsets me more than a fly buzzing around my house, it is even worse when there is more than one! Here are 8 ways to get rid of those pesky creatures. 1.Apple Cider Vinegar Pour a bit of vinegar at the bottom of a container, and poke some holes through the lid (big […]