Garden
Learn how to grow more of your own food.
Prevent and Treat Blossom End Rot on Your Tomatoes
My poor tomatoes have Bottom-end rot!! Anyone know what could help??
Homemade Bug Sprays For Your Garden
Here is a list of some great homemade, non-toxic insecticides.
My First Garden: 9 Weeks Later
I thought I’d try gardening the cheap way this time: just sticking the seed in the soil (not adding anything to it really) and watering it. Well, you get what you pay for… which is not much in my case. Lesson learned.
Growing Strawberry Plants from Runners
Should you cut them off, or keep them to grow more plants?? Find out what is best for your garden!
Progress In The Garden
Some stuff is doing awesome, and some stuff just may be a lost cause…
30 Clever and Inexpensive Garden Fencing Ideas
Before buying a fence for our garden, I searched everywhere for the least expensive way to do it. Here is what we did…
Finally, My Strawberries Are In The Garden
Today was planting day! I finally got my strawberry plants out of the pots and into the garden. Here is what I did…
8 Ways to Keep Your Garden Tools Rust-Free
Some helpful tips to keeping your garden tools clean and rust free!
Bare Root Strawberries
Planting my first strawberries ended up being harder than I thought! Here’s what you can expect when ordering bare root strawberry plants.
Knowing When To Plant
Here is a great resource for knowing when to plant in your region.
Starting Broccoli Seeds
Our first time starting broccoli seeds… and an unexpected surprise!
Seeds: Heirloom vs. Hybrid
An understandable explanation of the difference in these two types of seeds.
15 Lessons From Starting My First Garden
“I am so excited! I have begun to plan for my very first garden. After asking my homesteading friends a bunch of questions, and doing lots of reading online and in my books, I am ready to jump into the game and see how I do.”