This weeks how-to garden article and corresponding podcast is all about how to collect and use rain water for watering your flowers, garden and more! Using rain water for your landscape is not only a great way to conserve on your city, well or community water supplies, it also has huge benefits for your plants. …
This week’s how-to garden article and corresponding podcast are all about how to make incredible compost to help grow a great garden! As plants grow throughout the year, they quickly deplete the nutrients within the soil. Over time, the soil is less likely to be able to provide everything the plants need. This will result …
The sweet fragrance of rose blooms is the perfect addition to any garden. However, traditional roses can be a bit finicky to grow and maintain. That’s why growing everblooming roses are an excellent alternative, and why they are known as the easy-care rose bush! Everblooming roses, also known as knock out roses, were created by …
If your garden soil is tired, weak and depleted of nutrients from years of growing – planting a green manure crop this spring might be just the answer! Your garden vegetables and plants can only be as good as the soil they grow in. If your soil is lacking in nutrients and organic matter, it …
This week’s how-to garden article and corresponding podcast are all about how to compost effectively in your garden. When you use compost in the garden – great things happen. Great things for your soil, and for the plants that grow in it! Compost is the key to adding healthy nutrients to your soil naturally. It’s full of life …
Looking for a few safe ways to stop chipmunks from digging up your flowers and flowerbeds? Chipmunks are one of the cutest wild animals you can come across. However, when it comes to your garden and flowerbeds, they have the potential to cause massive destruction. Thankfully, there are a few great natural ways to stop …
This week’s how-to garden article and corresponding podcast are all about starting your garden seeds indoors. Thankfully, it doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive to start your own vegetable and flower seeds. While you can go to your local nursery or garden center to purchase transplants, there’s just something special and so rewarding about …
This week’s how-to garden article and corresponding podcast is all about the secrets to growing asparagus. When you plant and grow asparagus, you are creating a wondrous food source for years to come! Asparagus grows as a perennial, unlike traditional garden crops such as cucumbers, peppers or tomatoes. In fact, once established, asparagus provides an …
Creeping phlox is the perfect choice for adding a vibrant ground covering perennial to your landscape – not only does it add lasting beauty and a light, airy light fragrance to your yard, it also happens to be extremely easy to plant, grow and maintain! Whether you have an open wide location or an area …
This weeks how-to garden article and corresponding podcast are all about keeping your garden weed free. You might be thinking, is that really even possible? The answer really is YES – it really is! And even better, it can be accomplished without doing a lot of extra work. In fact, as you will see today, …