If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or email updates. Thanks for visiting! Image via Wikipedia I was just picking fresh raspberries growing from some wild raspberry bushes in my backyard. They are fresh and delicious, making me wish I had planted some fruit bushes so I could tend [...]
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Greenhouse gardening can be accomplished in a greenhouse environment as one can grow exotic plants with beautiful foliage, exquisite flowers and can also take on practical functions. One can start summer annuals and growing vegetables from seeds in the early spring (or fall) and then have well established seedlings [...]
Image via Wikipedia Growing Onions Onions are grown from small bulbs. As untreated onion sets could flower prematurely, your best option would be to buy heat treated sets. Plant onions in mid-spring. Worker soil down to a fine tilth. Add some organic compost from your kitchen composter or at least some fertilizer. Drill holes in [...]
Image by Wilsonious via Flickr If you happen to be one of the many gardeners fortunate enough to own a mini greenhouse, then you know that keeping it going strong can sometimes be challenging. Because mini greenhouses are placed at the mercy of Mother Nature, they can quickly become damaged by the sun’s rays, by [...]
Image by jnyemb via Flickr Have you ever wanted to set up an indoor garden so that you could enjoy all of the benefits of vegetable gardening but failed to do so because you were not able to figure out how to do so? Do you have limited space but want to have a garden [...]
Image via Wikipedia Early potatoes can be planted in place of main crop to save space in your vegetable garden or for container gardening. Potato foliage is sensitive to frost, so time vegetable planting for growing potatoes well, depending on your location. Potatoes will sprout through the soil approximately two to three weeks after sowing. [...]
Image via Wikipedia Spring Your spring vegetable garden has an array of possibilities that you can plant and keep busy at within your garden during these early sometimes wet months of the year. The weather is cooler than that of the summer months but is considerably warmer than the winter you have just emerged from–which [...]
I am often asked which guide is the best for teaching on planting vegetables to beginners. I do have to say that there are several on the market that certainly warrant attention for all budding gardeners. Recently a friend of mine showed me a copy of a new guide that had caught her attention on [...]
Image by vigilant20 via Flickr Some people think that vegetable gardening can only be accomplished outside in a garden. What if I could tell you that you can plant a home vegetable garden no matter where you live? You probably think I am crazy, but the current trend for indoor gardening has become a craze [...]