Most people love warm weather, lying in the sun and walking on the beach, yet a lot of those people are unable to live near the beach in a tropical area. There are simple ways for people to bring some of the things they love about the tropics into their homes, no matter where they ...
Growing Stevia or Stevia rebaudiana in your home or garden is not complicated. Stevia, a natural sweetener, is an ideal plant for an edible flower and herb garden. I love the Stevia natural sweetener in my Zevia and Hansen’s Free soda pop because it contains no calories and is a safe sweetener. But it’s also ...
When planning your garden, plant the vegetables that you use all the time. Don’t waste space growing eggplant if you only eat it three times a year. Maybe this is the year you should grow garlic. It’s easy, it’s fun and you can use it to make lovely garlic braids to give as gifts. Depending ...
If you are wondering how to grow Irish moss, you have come to the right place! Many gardeners, myself included, admire this lovely ground cover plant. Luckily, it is easy to grow Irish moss. Once established, it virtually takes care of itself! How To Grow Irish Moss: Selecting Healthy Plants Many higher end nurseries sell ...
You can grow your own crystals at home all by yourself, it can be great fun and you or your child can learn a lot by doing this exercise at home. Upon the completion of this small exercise children can learn to make saturated solutions and recognize sugar, salt etc as crystals. To perform this ...
Growing onions in containers is a perfect method of ensuring year-round access to fresh produce. Planting onions calls for soil pH considerations and light availability. Planting in containers also comes with the added call for wise variety choices. For example, bulb-forming onions have different habitat needs than green onions. Get your container garden off to ...
Growing roses from stem cuttings is the quickest, most effective way of propagating roses. While there are only a few ways to propagate roses, stem cuttings and seeds are the most common. However, growing roses from seeds can take a lot of time and patients along with trial and error. I have found that growing ...
I am not what you would call a girly girl, but I do have my vices. One of those is my thick, curly hair that everyone loves (though I haven’t always loved it) and the other one is my long, healthy fingernails. Over the years, I’ve tried every trick in the book to keep my ...
Growing gourds is a lot of fun. If you’ve never done this before, and you have a back yard that you don’t mind a single vine taking over – and perhaps even covering your porch and trellis – let us give you some insights on how to grow gourds. Gourd growing is really a lot ...
