If you heat your home with firewood or use a fireplace, you need to learn how to build a firewood shed to keep your wood dry. Where Should You Build Your Firewood Shed? While you might want to have a storage shed by your garden to keep your gardening tools organized an handy, the firewood…
The Christmas cactus is a wonderful, hardy succulent with beautifully colored (red, pink, white, and even yellow), tubular blooms. They are very easy plants to care for as they can tolerate poor care and irregular watering. However, if your plant is taking over your kitchen window, it’s time to prune! In this post, you’ll learn…
As you learn how to grow chives, you will realize they are simple and beneficial to have around. Whether you already have an existing herb garden and you want to add to it, or if you’re just starting fresh by planting chives, you’re going to love this easy-to-grow herb. Chives are a hardy perennial, so they’re a…
If you never grew vegetables before, starting a veggie garden might be a daunting task. But don’t worry: today we’ll look at how to start a vegetable garden for beginners, and by the end you finish reading this, you’ll know what you should grow in your first vegetable garden. This may seem like an obvious…
African violets are one of the most misunderstood plans around because their care is atypical. Even commercial growers often don’t treat them properly. They aren’t difficult to grow, once you know the correct procedures. Rescue some from your local plant store today and treat them right! How to Grow African Violets Use the right potting…
Most northern gardeners strive to squeeze garden production into the summer’s short growing season, but few bother to plant crops they can harvest during the snowy months. Imagine adding fresh, homegrown vegetables to the menu at Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Easter. By planting crops that withstand frigid temperatures, and by utilizing practices that will make your…
How to grow Brussels sprouts, the sweet, nutty, mini cabbage like plant that Christmas just cannot do without. But don’t just save your sprouts for your Christmas dinner as there is so much to this garden vegetable, and the over boiled, sour tasting, green, soggy balls that so many of us were used to does…
Is avocado a fruit or vegetable? When you ask someone whether an avocado is a fruit or a vegetable, their intuitive answer would probably be a vegetable. This answer could be because avocados are often associated with savory foods and other vegetables, like a salad. However, the anatomy of an avocado holds the clue as…
Cruciferous vegetables, also known as Brassica vegetables are true super foods and a great addition to any vegetable garden. We’ll look at how to prepare the soil for these delicious veggies and share a cruciferous vegetables list you can grow in your garden. These vegetables are a fantastic source of nutrients such as vitamin A,…