The Amazing Square-Foot Garden: How to Grow More with Less
Square-foot gardens allows you to get a high yield from a small area. Here’s how to start a square-foot garden in your backyard
Four-Season Landscape: 6 Creative Design Ideas for an All-Year Garden
Here are 6 four-season landscape design ideas to help you create an outdoor space that will engage your imagination and interest throughout the year.
8 Common Gardening Injuries and How to Avoid Them
Gardening injuries can be painful – even deadly. Here are 8 common gardening injuries and how to avoid them.
Potato Grow Bags: 4 Practical Tips for Growing Potatoes
Potato grow bags are a godsend for gardening enthusiasts who love spuds but have limited space in which to grow them. They also make harvesting easy. All you have to do is empty the contents of the bag, collect up the tubers, and dispose of the compost on other beds or borders to improve the […]
Is it Time to Start Your Vegetable Patch?
You may have already noticed frogspawn lacing the ponds and crocuses poking through the grass. Now is the perfect time to start getting busy outdoors!
How to Grow Watermelons
You can grow watermelons in your backyard garden, if the growing conditions are right. They’re actually a fun and very gratifying fruit to grow at home. Here’s how.
7 Effective & Safe Ways to Keep Birds Away from Your Garden
Not every gardener wants birds sauntering onto their garden plots. Here’s how to protect your backyard harvest without harming unwanted avian visitors.
Garden Chill: Simple Steps to Combat Heat Stress in 5 Ways
Blistering temperatures above typical summer averages drive us indoors – into the comfort of our homes. But what about the plants in our gardens?
Here’s the Proper Way to Water Succulents
Because succulents have adapted to harsh, dry climates, they have unique watering requirements.
Crop Rotation 101: What it is and Why You Need to Know
Planting the same thing in the same place year after year drains nutrients from the soil. You can avoid this by changing what you plant on a particular plot or bed from year to year.