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Crop Rotation: Benefits and Why it Matters
Add to Favorites Not sure about crop rotation benefits? Here’s a science lesson for you. Our produce contains wonderful nutrients. After all, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants are the reasons our...
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Planting for Seasons and Garden Zones
Add to Favorites Knowing when to plant your garden involves a combination of researching garden zones and knowing the individual crops. If you’re new to gardening, you may not know when to plant...
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Growing Jalapeño Peppers
Add to Favorites Reading Time: 5 minutes I remember well the first time I started growing jalapeño peppers in my vegetable garden. That was years ago, when growing jalapeño peppers was considered a...
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Garden Hoops: Low Tunnels for Frost and Insect Protection
Add to Favorites When you’re itching to get your hands dirty, garden hoops can extend the season enough to avoid disaster. Midway between full-sized greenhouses and the gamble of throwing seeds into...
View ArticleHow to Grow Rhubarb: Diseases, Harvesting and Recipes
Add to Favorites By Teresa Flora – In much of North America, spring is welcomed with the tart and tangy taste of fresh rhubarb. Rhubarb is one of the easiest and most rewarding perennials. There are...
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Growing Cherry Tomatoes in Pots is Perfect for Everyone
Add to Favorites No matter your location, if you have access to even moderate sun, growing cherry tomatoes in pots is for you. With the right varieties and soil nutrients, you can have fresh tomatoes...
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Improve Your Soil: Know How To Lay Mulch
Add to Favorites Mulch, mulch, and then mulch some more. Knowing how to lay mulch is one of the greatest skills any gardener can have. Using organic mulch is how we keep the soil covered and...
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When to Add Perlite Soil to Container Gardens
Add to Favorites What in the world is perlite soil anyway? Is it organic? I do a lot of container gardening, especially with my herb plants. Since I try to keep things all natural and as organic as...
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A Guide to Pepper Plant Diseases
Add to Favorites Hot, sweet, purple, yellow, wrinkly or bell – I love all peppers. If you find yourself wanting to harvest your peck of peppers, but are having trouble with plant blight, here are some...
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Potatoes Offer Healthy Sustainability
Add to Favorites Reading Time: 6 minutes By Anita B. Stone, North Carolina It’s been said that each one of us consumes 126 pounds of potatoes each year, including the popular Russet and Idaho baking...
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What Planting Zone Am I In?
Add to Favorites Reading Time: 5 minutes U.S. planting zones are based on the weather history of any given area. The question “what planting zone am I in?” is one of the most asked by beginning...
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