Category : Tips

Winter Sowing Secrets: Your Guide to Wrapping Up Winter and Welcoming a Bountiful Spring Garden

Winter Sowing Secrets: Your Guide to Wrapping Up Winter and Welcoming a Bountiful Spring Garden

Winter sowing is an innovative gardening technique that helps you grow cold-hardy plants during winter in the Midwest, so get started with our step-by-step guide for a flourishing garden come spring!

How to Start an Urban Garden: Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

How to Start an Urban Garden: Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

Welcome to the exciting world of urban gardening! If you’re a beginner eager to transform your urban space into a thriving garden, you’re in the right place. In this comprehensive

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Time Saving Tips for Vegetable Gardeners

Time Saving Tips for Vegetable Gardeners

Gardening is a great hobby for many people, but it can be a time-consuming process. There are so many things to do, from weeding and watering to harvesting and preparing meals. If you have a busy lifestyle with little time for gardening, this is the guide for you! Here are some useful tips in order to maximize your time in a vegetable garden.

How to Plan a Square Foot Garden: The Beginners Guide

How to Plan a Square Foot Garden: The Beginners Guide

Want to grow your own food? Square foot gardening is an easy way to do so. With this method, you don’t need any specialized knowledge or gardening equipment, just a

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Picking a Healthy Plant

Picking a Healthy Plant

When it comes to getting started with your garden, you have two choices; planting seeds, or buying entire plants. Both have their own benefits. If you plant seeds and care

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Dealing with Those Darn Garden Pests

Dealing with Those Darn Garden Pests

While tending to my own garden, I have found that one of the most frustrating things that can happen to a gardener is to walk outside to check on your

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Maintaining a Compost Heap

Maintaining a Compost Heap

Many people who maintain gardens have a large amount of organic waste, from grass clippings to leaves and dead plants. Unfortunately, many waste money and time having these wastes transported

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Mulching for Free

Mulching for Free

I’m sure that if you are reading this, you have used some form of mulch during your gardening career. However, you probably didn’t know that there are many other options

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8 Reasons You Should Be Growing Your Own Herbs 

8 Reasons You Should Be Growing Your Own Herbs 

Herbs are plants that are traditionally used to enhance the flavor of foods as well as offer loads of health benefits. During spring and summer, they are found in most

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Using Rain Barrels to Survive Droughts

Using Rain Barrels to Survive Droughts

If you’re a gardener that has an unlimited supply of water, consider yourself lucky. There are many of us who live in drought zones where the garden and lawn watering

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