I regularly receive the catalog from Gardener’s Supply Company and have been watching, with interest, the marketing of something called a Topsy Turvy planter. The idea behind this planter is that you grow vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers or squash in a planter that hangs from a hook. But the plant itself grows out the bottom. [...]
As a home gardener, fall should be a very special time for you. Fall is the best season of the year for plant propagation, especially for home gardeners who do not have the luxury of intermittent mist. The technique that I am going to describe here can be equally effective for evergreens as well as [...]
Here is a nice fire pit story. A few weeks ago I visited a friend that had just moved into a new house with his family, with not much of a budget he wanted to make the most of his few first months in the new place, he wanted to add something to the house [...]
Organic gardening involves a system that centers around healthy soil – a mixture of sand, clay, silt, and decomposed organic material (humus). But even when the soil is well-balanced and healthy, plants benefit from additions of specifically formulated organic fertilizers. You can buy prepared organic fertilizers, or blend individual fertilizer ingredients for specific purposes, such [...]
Why is it important to fertilize a lawn some may wonder? Isn’t it enough to just water it and mow regularly? Fertilizer provides your lawn with nutrients that soil lacks, keeping your lawn healthy by aiding in the recovery of foot and pest damage, creating new leaf and root growth, and reducing weeds. All of [...]
Impatiens are a popular garden flower often seen as edging or used for splashes of color in window boxes. They belong to the family Balsamineaceae and can be planted in most any part of the garden. They are beautiful annuals that grow easily and are great for summer plantings every year. Like most any other [...]
With the huge growth that many cities and towns are experiencing we see the dwindling of Natural Meadows. With the absence of natural meadows, the habitat for butterflies, birds and other wildlife are dwindling too. Luckily butterflies are easily enticed back if you plant a garden where the caterpillar (pupa stage) has plants to eat [...]
Outdoor spas and Jacuzzis are increasing in popularity nearly everywhere. For many people, there are few things nicer and more relaxing that a hot outdoor bath that is available any time, when the water is so warm that even a forty-eight degree night in autumn still lets you jump in and relax—at least until you [...]
Fashion can be a fickle beast and the ages have held that to always be true. In the 70s and 80s, male virility was naturally assumed if a man had an excessive amount of bodily hair. That same token still holds true in many societies today however there are many more that now value the [...]
Throw out the idea that vegetable gardening can only be done in long rows with a minimum of an acre to work in. For anyone who wants to have a productive garden but doesn’t have the space, welcome to square-foot gardening. Square-foot gardening is a concept that has been around for quite a while. What [...]