Looking for a few tips and tricks to get your tomatoes to ripen faster? Anyone who has ever grown a tomato plant knows how excruciating it can be to wait for a tomato to ripen. Especially when you can already imagine slicing it up and putting it on your favorite sandwich! Tomatoes can certainly be …
Summer is the perfect time to replant your vegetable garden, raised beds or containers with seeds. Not only is easy and inexpensive, it will also create an incredible late season harvest for you and your family. So much focus goes into early spring planting that the summer planting season often takes a back seat. But …
Looking for the best and most effective ways to use compost in your vegetable garden? Compost is by far one of the most powerful ingredients you can add to your garden. Not only does it help build more fertile soil, it also aids in growing healthier and more productive plants. Compost teems with healthy bacteria …
Looking for a few good tips to help get your young or struggling tomato plants to start growing fast? There is simply nothing quite like growing your own tomatoes! The fresh taste of a just-picked home grown tomato in the middle of summer is an experience that can hook a gardener for life. In fact, …
When it comes to keeping your cucumber plants producing a steady supply of fresh cucumbers, a few little tips and tricks can make all the difference in plants that continue to bloom and bloom – or having ones that fade away fast. There is nothing quite like the taste of a fresh cucumber. And whether …
Did you know that how and when you harvest an asparagus crop can play a huge role in not only the shelf life of the harvested spears, but in how much the asparagus plants will produce? Even more, it can also affect the health and production levels of next year’s crop as well! Asparagus has …
Looking for a few great tips on how to prevent powdery mildew from attacking your cucumber plants this year? One of the most common ailments of cucumber plants in the garden is the deadly scourge of powdery mildew. Powdery mildew begins with a few white or grayish-white spots appearing on the foliage of plants. The …
Starting your own sweet potatoes from slips is not only easy to do, it also happens to be one of the best ways to grow healthy, strong and productive plants. Even better, it can help save on your plant budget too! Sweet potatoes have become so much more than just a Thanksgiving day side dish …
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, …
The question comes up every single year among fellow gardeners – is it better to plant onion sets or onion seeds when growing onions? The question certainly sparks quite the debate. And not just among those new to gardening, but seasoned veterans as well. To be exact, onions can actually grow in three different ways: …