Building a community garden is a great way to revitalize a neighborhood, counter the effects of food deserts, and teach people how to eat healthy.
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Companion Plant Visual Chart for your Garden
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Do some of your vegetable plants in your garden need some new best friends? You might as well plant some that make sense! Good friends with good benefits!!! You may already know the benefits of planting marigolds, but there are so many more! I’ve got a handy visual companion planting chart for you! (source) This companion planting […]
Attached Greenhouse: Building This Should Be Your Next Gardening Obsession
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SaveWhether you have a green thumb that’s itching to expand its growing power and take gardening to the next level or you’re upping your preparedness efforts to become more self-reliant, an attached greenhouse may be the answer. Perhaps having your very own greenhouse has always felt like a distant dream that includes a structure reserved […]
Release the Ladybugs! a Natural Way to Control Aphids in Your Garden
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Can ladybugs really help with aphid control in your garden? You bet! Here’s how to do it, and spring is the perfect time to get started!! Every spring, as the blossoms on the apple trees begin to open, the green shoots of the garden are getting tall, an invasion happens. It’s the aphid invasion. These […]
10 DIY Raised Bed Garden Designs and Ideas
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For me, square foot gardening is my favorite method of gardening for our home, and I spend so much time online looking at awesome DIY raised bed garden designs to expand the ‘square’ of my gardens. It works well for our home and our lifestyle. It allows me to plant-based off the light of our yard […]
How to Make Garlic Pepper Tea Bug Repellant for Your Garden
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With gardening season in full swing, you’re probably wondering what all those things are that are eating away your garden crop. The aphids (learn how to control them naturally), slugs, worms, beetles, and other creatures take a big bite out of our crops every year. But we are always hestitant to use a commercial bug […]
Square Foot Gardening Mistakes – Learn from Ours First!
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Square Foot Gardening Mistakes – our favorite method of managing a garden in a small suburban landscape. But we did make a few mistakes along the way. Learn from our mistakes before you tackle your garden! The premise is to build a gardening box (in square or rectangle), put down a barrier, build a box, fill […]
10 Facts I Learned About Earthworms …. the best composter in the garden!
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You already have the best composter, right in your garden! This is a quick introduction to a series that will happen this summer – Vermicomposting! Composting with earthworms!!!! These organisms thrive in soil rich in matter for them to compost, and in turn, leave you with some amazing compost that will make your garden thrive. […]
DIY Vertical Gardening Ideas & Tips
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Whether you live in the tiniest studio apartment or the largest homestead or somewhere in between, vertical gardening may just be the answer for you to grow more of your own food, even in your limited space! If you’re really in a bind this year with a small yard or balcony for space to grow […]
101 Gardening Tips & Ideas
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As with my 101+ Dehydrating & 101+Canning posts, here is a new 101+ Gardening Tips & Ideas package to help you get ready for gardening season! Click on any title below to be taken to awesome information from around the web! 101+ Gardening Tips & Ideas General Tips Saving Big on Lumber Supplies for Raised […]