If you’re a prolific gardener, then you undoubtedly have a lot of garden tools. These can include shovels, hoe, rake, spade, and so on. You may even have a rototiller that you need to store. These items can take up valuable space in your garage, so why not build your own garden shed? A garden ...
Many gardeners will tell you that composting is a needed necessity when it comes to adding vital nutrients to garden soil. However, those same gardeners will also tell you how messy and unsightly compost piles can be, not to mention the smell. If you feel an open compost bin is too revealing for your yard, ...
If you plan to plant an area much larger than one hundred square feet, you need a rototiller to help you dig. A shovel will only give you blisters, a sore back and a growing resentment for that bare patch of land. A rototiller, on the other hand, will make short work of even tough ...
Every Spring I plant a small vegetable garden for my family. I make it a habit to ask my son what he would like to grow and to learn about, and I always get the same answers: pumpkins and carrots. I don’t mind because every year he learns something new about the plants and also ...
You can find many varieties of apples in a grocery store today. There are Fuji, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Pink Ladies, Galas, Rome Beauties, Granny Smiths, Jonagolds and MacIntosh, just to name a few. Most of these apples are grown in the United States. Apples are a versatile fruit because they can be eaten raw ...
Home gardening is one of the most enjoyable and satisfying activities of the warmer months. The dark cloud on every gardener’s sunny horizon are weeds. Anywhere that your ground is bare on top is susceptible to germinating weeds. This is especially true if the ground is watered and fertilized, like a garden. Weeds can choke ...
