Gardeners in areas with cold winters can’t wait until spring—that’s time for planting. But surprise! That’s not the only time you can plant. You can continue planting perennials throughout the summer—and you should! Perennials are plants that come back each year. They’re great for your garden because you don’t have to buy them every year […]

Composting is a great way to turn organic waste into valuable fertilizer for your garden. Just save kitchen scraps, such as carrot peelings and cabbage cores, and put them in a composting bin. Composting is usually done outdoors, but if you compost with worms, you can compost outdoors or indoors. If you want to start […]

If you use compost in your garden beds, you may not have to use chemical fertilizer at all. Adding synthetic fertilizer if it’s needed can be helpful, but when it’s not needed, it can be bad for your plants and for the environment. Don’t guess—test to see whether you need fertilizer. Problems with Synthetic Fertilizer […]

Even if you have snow on the ground, you can do some gardening: Plant seeds inside for cool weather vegetables, such as onions. Working with cool weather vegetables such as onions not only gives you something to do during winter, it gives you a head start on spring planting. As the name implies, cool weather […]

Well, we all like to garden here, so I decided to put together an article of the BEST home grown tomato foods.  I am quite positive that this will put some ideas in your head for using these in this harvest season.  Take a look below, for some mouth-watering ideas! First would definitely be the […]

If you want to see the biggest difference between home-grown food and store bought, peppers are perhaps the best way to do this.  They have great nutritional content, add a ton of great flavor, and best of all, they (sometimes) are spicy!  If you want some of the best peppers ever, then here is where […]