Did you know that one of the best ways to fertilize your hanging baskets all season long is with compost tea? What you use to fertilize hanging basket plants will make a big difference in not only their overall health but also how well they bloom for the remainder of the season – and as …
Looking for a few great ways to use all of those grass clippings coming from your yard this spring and summer? If there is one thing most homeowners have plenty of during the growing season, it’s grass clippings. And although many people bag them up and send them to the curb, those fresh green clippings …
Looking for a simple way to create a DIY compost bin that’s not only easy and affordable – but is also durable and looks great too? Creating compost at home is one of the easiest and most effective ways to improve garden soil. By turning everyday kitchen scraps and yard waste into rich, organic matter, …
Winter is the perfect time for putting cardboard in your compost pile – and can it ever have impressive benefits to your finished compost next spring and summer! For starters, there is often more cardboard available in the winter than at any other time of year. Holiday gifts arrive in boxes. By the dozens! And …
When cold weather settles in, it can feel nearly impossible to keep a compost pile going in winter. Freezing temperatures slow everything down. Kitchen scraps seem to just sit on the pile. And even worse, the top layer of the pile can harden into a block of frozen soil. But the good news is that …
Looking for an easy way to make compost tea at home – and fertilize your vegetable plants and flowers naturally with a dose of perfect power? Plain and simple, there is no better and more economical way to power your vegetable plants and flowers naturally than to make and use your own homemade compost tea. …
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 …