Building Your No-Dig Garden Bed
This method of vegetable gardening is what I prefer. As you might have guessed, it doesn’t involve digging. This method is particularly suited to older people or people with physical disabilities.
Gardening
Gardening ideas for growing fruit and vegetables, herbs, and flowers.
7 Plants You Need to Plant
Ideal vegetable crops to grow in your garden.
Poor Man’s Hydroponics
What do you suggest for someone who’s serious about growing the high-value crops like tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants?
Alternative Food
There are quite literally thousands of species of edible plants that can be grown, yet most people are only aware of the thirty or so species to be found in the grocers, and many of these will have been imported. In this section we will give you a small selection of little known edible plants.
Vegan Organics: The Basic Principles
This article is a brief guide to the basic principles of vegan organics. A list of suggested reading is given at the end should you want to find more specific information.
Stretching The Gardening Season
If the idea of extending your growing season has sparked some interest in winter gardening, don’t forget that there are a number of crops well suited to winter gardening.
Growing Grapes in The Backyard
Are you one of those home gardeners that don’t know the three stumbling blocks to successfully growing grapes in your backyard? Don’t worry, you’re not alone.
Are My Grapes Ready to Harvest?
Grapes need one to three weeks after color change to be ripe for harvest, depending on variety, use, and environmental conditions.
Hollyhock – Alcea rosea
Hollyhocks, they are useful in the treatment of chest complaints, and a decoction is used to improve blood circulation, for the treatment of constipation, dysmenorrhoea, haemorrhage etc
Lavender- Lavandula Angustifolia
Lavender is a very ornamental plant that is often grown in the herb garden and is also grown commercially for its essential oil. There are several named varieties. Has many uses including medicinal, edible, tonics, aromatherapy and more.
Lilac Bushes are Prized for Their Beautiful, Fragrant Flowers
Lilac bushes grow throughout the United States and are prized for their hearty nature and low maintenance as well as for their beautiful, fragrant flowers.
Classifying Flowering Plants
You should be familiar with the plants you intend to plant. Your knowledge in classifying and naming plants would give you the right choice to select which one is suited to your place, soil, temperature, and other requirements your plants needs in their growing period.
Dwarf Korean Lilac
When you choose a lilac you are planting a shrub that is part of our American heritage – some have even called the lilac the “apple pie of shrubs.
The Fragrant Garden
Aromachology is the study of how scents affect our moods and behavior. The following are three settings that use this science to enhance your garden.
Butterfly House in The Flower Garden
There is the type of butterfly house that contains butterflies and their nectar plants. These type of butterfly houses are actually structures created for the specific reason of providing a safe and enclosed space in which to study the butterflies.