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Summer is prime time for fertilizer mistakes. You can easily prevent a gardening disaster by avoiding these mistakes.
When tomatoes start flowering and producing fruit, that's the time they earn their reputation as divas. But not this year!
Once the purple firework display is over, follow these steps to set your alliums up for gorgeous blooms again next year.
Here's what to do when your columbine has finished its fairytale flower display for the year to ensure more blooms next year.
I set up nine Vego Garden modular raised beds this spring. Here's what I learned and what I would do differently.
You can easily double your tomato harvest by using this simple trick when training tomatoes to grow up a string.
In a classic tale of taking over someone else’s choices when you buy a place, when we moved into our current home and garden, ...
Tomatoes make sugar (fructose and glucose) and acid (citric, malic and ascorbic). Studies have shown that tomatoes higher in ...
Remember this one rule: bury deep and cover well! When we’re composting in place (also called composting in situ), we’re cutting out the middleman and putting the plant material straight into the ...
Experienced gardeners know the value of rooting hormones when propagating plants, but did you know there are 5 natural rooting hormones in your home already?
There are so many guides out there detailing companion planting, but what about the plants that don't play well together in the garden?
It helps to make your own list to get started with ways to make money from your homestead or small farm. In one column, come up with a list of skills that you already have, in another dream up a list ...