Gardens are so much fun to plan. Rose gardens are especially enjoyable, with their showy fragrant blooms. With proper care, the rose bush will boom profusely and return year after year for garden enjoyment. When planting a garden, there are no hard and fast rules. Gardeners can use whichever plants that please them to create ...
Have you always wanted to grow your own fresh vegetables but are not exactly sure how to get a garden going? Starting a vegetable garden will definitely take some effort, but once you’ve got your plot established, you will have a wonderful spot to grow vegetables year after year with much less effort. If you’ve ...
Companion planting is an effective way to both utilize your space to its up most potential and augment the health, yield, and even flavor of your bell peppers. The best companion plant for a bell pepper depends on what the individual growing them has in mind as a goal from companion planting. Best companion plants ...
If you think your yard is to shady for a vegetable garden, you just might be wrong. I know I almost made the same mistake. When I moved around two years ago, I thought I was in serious trouble because the only available garden spot received only a couple of hours of sun a day. ...
As winter begins to wind down, planning a vegetable garden and envisioning warmer days can sometimes be a great way to pass the time. As you flip through seed catalogs and plan future meals using delicious food from your garden, don’t forget to include your children in the wonderful hobby of gardening. Involving kids in ...
Halloween and Thanksgiving wouldn’t be the same without pumpkins to carve or cook into delicious pies. Pumpkin plants have both male and female flowers. The male flowers appear first and they are more abundant. You can usually find the female flowers a week later. In order to identify them, look at the bottom of the ...
Overview The nasturtium plant is native to Latin America, from Mexico to southern South America, but it is now grown much more widely, including in most of the United States. It is a fast grower, and generally one that is easy to grow, needing little tending. Most gardeners grow it as a flower, but it ...
