When planning your vegetable garden this year, don’t forget to invite in the butterflies. Butterflies are great pollinators for those squash and cucumber plants you are planting. I started reading about what I needed to not only attract butterflies to my garden, but to keep them there to lay their eggs, and raise their…
5 Tips For Growing a Shamrock Plant
It’s must be March, the shamrock plants are covering the table at my local lawn and garden store. That’s not what I went in for today, but how could I resist this pretty green houseplant with little white flowers that is supposed to bring me good luck? So in my buggy it went. I was…
Maximize Your Garden Produce in a Small Space with Grow Bags!
Maximize Your Garden Space Using Grow Bags: Are you passionate about vegetable gardening, but have limited garden space? Then you should look into using Grow Bags to maximize your garden area! A Grow Bag is a type of container gardening that can be used to increase garden space in small areas. It is easy…
Lemon Balm
Citronella Lemon Balm We have had unseasonably warm weather and a lot of rain over the last couple of weeks. I was in my garden a few days ago enjoying the 74 degree weather. I’m not fooled into thinking we won’t have another frost but I was using this pretty weather to add compost and…
What can you learn about growing vegetables from a seed packet?
What can you learn about growing vegetables from a seed packet? In the garden classes I teach, I’m often asked “how do you know when you can plant a certain vegetable in the garden and should I plant the seed directly in the garden, or should I purchase or grow a transplant? You can spend…
Plant a Pizza Garden
Getting kids to eat their veggies is not always easy. By getting them involved in the growing, caring for, and reaping of the benefits of their work, you may cultivate a life long love of gardening. Every kid knows what a pizza is, and you would be hard pressed to find one who doesn’t like…
Can Your Backyard Vegetable Garden Help Reduce Your Risk of Cancer?
Can Your Backyard Vegetable Garden Help Reduce Your Risk of Cancer? February is National Cancer Prevention Month. The MD Anderson Cancer Center at The University of Texas shares several ways you can reduce your risk of cancer. As a gardener, I was wondering if my own backyard vegetable garden could help me reduce those risk…
Tired of Paying High Prices for Salad Greens? Grow Your Own Salad Garden
Grow Your Own Salad Garden Are you tired of paying high prices for salad greens? Well you should be. Salad greens are one of the easiest vegetables to grow in the garden, and can be grown in containers for those that don’t have a lot of space. Those salad greens you eat? They were probably…
Looking For Simple Tips to Grow A Successful Vegetable Garden?
How do you grow a successful vegetable garden? Are you wondering how you can grow a successful vegetable garden? You’ve tried googling, watching endless you tube videos, and are only more confused. Or, maybe you’ve tried before, but gave up that summer when whatever the weeds didn’t take over, the pests had eaten. There is…
Seed Packet Christmas Ornaments
Botanical Interest has some of the prettiest seed packets. They look like artwork and it’s hard to throw them away once the seeds are planted. I had purchased several packets at my local garden center with plans to tuck them into Christmas cards. I also needed to purchase a gift for my work’s gift exchange…
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