You might be surprised just how easy it can be to build your very own two bin compost system – and how fast it can help make a continuous supply of amazing compost for your garden and flowerbeds! When it comes to powering your soil and plants, nothing beats compost. Compost contains the perfect blend …
When and how you fertilize your strawberry plants can play a critical role in just how healthy your plants grow, and of course, how many strawberries they produce. Whether you grow perennial everbearing or June bearing strawberries, the soil they grow in year in and year out will eventually lose its power. Like most vegetable …
One of the best ways to re-energize and recharge your garden soil this spring is to plant a green manure crop. Not only is it easy to do, it can add amazing power and nutrients to your soil. All for a fraction of the cost of expensive fertilizers and soil amendments! Green manure crops are …
You might be amazed at just how many ways there are to use egg shells in your garden. And even more, how simple and easy it is to use them! Not only can they help to power your plants, egg shells can also aid in protecting them from pests and soil deficiencies too. All while …
One of the best ways to power up your perennial plants for better growth and bigger blooms is by giving them the right dose of fertilizer at just the right time. It goes without saying, perennials plants are the backbone of most home flowerbeds. Unlike annual flowers, perennials add texture and color to the landscape …
One of the more confusing topics for gardeners is trying to understand just exactly what the N-P-K ratio on the label of their fertilizer bag means. Especially when it comes to the health and well-being of their vegetable garden, flowers and lawn. Fertilizing can play a big role in the success of a plant’s health …
So just how can you use all-natural perlite to create better soil and grow better plants? Actually, in a whole slew of ways! Perlite is the white, lightweight, grain-like material that you often find in commercial potting soil and mixes. Although many confuse its lightness and texture as being a type of styrofoam or plastic, …
When it comes to growing healthy, productive and delicious tomatoes in your garden naturally, there is no better way to power your tomato plants than to fertilize them with compost. You simply can’t get more organic and natural than compost. Created from the remnants of once living plants and organic material, it is both safe …
When it comes to being ready to plant, grow & maintain your garden or flowerbeds this year, there are four essential garden supplies that can really help make a difference between smashing success, or a less than desirable growing season. And it is ever important to have them on hand and at the ready right …
When you use worm castings on annuals, vegetables, potted plants, hanging baskets and perennials – good things happen! Worm castings have become a popular choice for home gardeners looking for an all natural solution to fertilizing. And with good reason, they work incredibly well! Not only are they 100 percent organic, they also contain the …