Looking for the best way to safely use chicken manure to recharge and power your garden soil and plants? With more and more gardeners raising a few backyard chickens – or having close neighbors doing so – the availability of chicken manure is certainly soaring. And can that manure ever help to revitalize and rejuvenate …
Looking for a few simple ways to recharge and power up your garden soil before spring planting? As winter slowly begins to wind down, gardeners everywhere begin to get excited for the new growing season ahead. But before you ever plant that first seed or transplant in the ground this spring – there is one …
Did you know that winter is actually the perfect time to recharge your raised bed soil – and even better, that you can do it for free with three simple by-products that come from your kitchen almost every day? After a long spring, summer and fall of growing everything from flowers to vegetable plants, the …
Did you know that even though the ground and freezing temperatures make outdoor composting all but impossible through the winter months, you can still make great compost indoors with an indoor electric composter – all from the comfort of your warm and cozy house? As the days shorten and the temperatures begin to drop, for …
Wondering how to easily and safely store and save egg shells this fall and winter to use in your garden and flowerbeds next spring? Whether it’s placing crushed egg shells around the base of plants to help fend off slugs, using them as a soil amendment to help prevent blossom end rot on your tomatoes, …
Did you know that one of the easiest and best methods to boost the health of the soil in your gardens and flowerbeds and protect the perennial plants you have growing in them is to use all of the leaves falling from your trees this fall? Although raking and bagging leaves might feel like a …
As wonderful as many of autumn’s falling leaves can be for home gardens, flowerbeds and compost piles – did you know that there are three leaf varieties you should never compost – or use in and around your garden and flowerbeds? Unfortunately, every fall, many gardeners unknowingly fill their compost bins with leaves that can …
Looking for few ways to use all of those spent coffee grounds to good use during the cooler fall months? Believe it or not, instead of simply tossing the grounds into the trash, you can use them to power your soil, improve your lawn, and keep pests away! Coffee is definitely an important morning staple …
Looking to create the perfect fall compost pile – and have loads of incredible compost ready for all of your planting needs next spring and summer? When it comes to getting your garden and flowerbeds to produce and grow better than ever, compost is the answer. Whether mixing it into the planting holes of vegetable …
Looking to create a compost pile this summer that heats up fast and makes great use of all of those vegetable and flower scraps coming from your garden, flowerbeds and kitchen? When it comes to finding an abundance of materials to build a compost pile, it doesn’t get any better than in the middle of …