You’re excited to be growing spinach. The weather isn’t too hot yet and things are looking good…except suddenly your spinach is covered in white spots! Your precious young spinach is covered in white fuzz. What’s wrong with your spinach!? And is it safe to eat? This post is here to help you understand the white…
Mulch is widely used in both gardens and landscaping. It can form a weed barrier, preserve soil moisture, provide nutrients, and look nice, too! Unfortunately, mulch needs to be applied in fairly thick layers in order to be effective. If you have a lot of lawn or garden area to cover, purchasing mulch can really…
Peppers are a popular choice for a home garden but can be a little more temperamental than vegetables like tomatoes. They love the heat of summer but will need some attention from you throughout the season. To get your plants started off right, you’ll need to take a few important steps like planting them at…
Are you confused about what “hardening off” your seedlings means? Are you eager to get your garden started and want to plant those seedlings you bought this morning? Or maybe you’re wondering why your healthy looking seedlings suddenly wilted when you transplanted them last year. Whether you started your own seedlings indoors from seed or…
There’s nothing like picking fresh herbs from your garden right before cooking a meal! Cilantro is a fairly easy to grow herb and essential for a wide variety of global cuisines. Discover how to successfully plant and grow your own cilantro with this complete guide. Cilantro can be a very divisive herb. Some people love…
You know compost is a must-have for a healthy, organic garden. You also know you “should” be composting, but it can seem so intimidating to get started. And when is compost actually ready to use, anyway? Composting is a fantastic way to recycle food and garden scraps into fertile soil that will take your gardening…
Electric leaf mulchers can be an extremely useful tool for anyone who deals with leaves on a regular basis. Whether you landscape for a living or are responsible for your own lawn maintenance, raking and bagging leaves are time-consuming and laborious activities. Investing in an electric leaf mulcher can help save you time and effort….
Yellow squash and tomatoes are two of the most iconic summer garden crops. Yellow squash is fast-growing, cheerful, and vitamin-rich. It can make cheesy casseroles, baked parmesan bites, a healthy pasta substitute, and much more. It can also be a little bit tricky to grow successfully because it requires lots of food and can fall…
If you want to buy plants once and enjoy delicious, fresh fruit for years without the space and hassle of large vines or trees, you need to plant and grow your own strawberries! Fresh strawberries are a wonderful thing to harvest from your garden. They are much more flavorful and sweet than any you would…
Onions are a staple in the kitchen and a fantastic vegetable to grow in your garden. If you harvest and store them the right way, they’ll last for months – sometimes even up to a year. It can be a bit tricky at first to know when to harvest your crop. Onions don’t ripen and…