landscape
The most important thing of your backyard landscape is the well-being of you and your family. Among the various reasons people use for building a backyard landscape, is to change the look and feel of their home. It is a wonderful way to add peace to your life whether you…
Aquaponic gardening
Aquaponics is a modern way of approaching farming. In contrast to traditional agriculture, in aquaponics, you only need water and fish in order to have healthy food on your table each and every day. Nowadays, it is gaining interest worldwide as more people are turning towards locally grown food that…
compost
When we talk about Organic Gardening, one of the main topics we discuss is how to nourish the soil without adding any chemicals. It is probably the most important factor of organic gardening. One of the options of doing this is to use Compost Tea. A good compost tea recipe…
organic
What Are Cover Crops? These are usually the plants that we seed in the garden soil before planting regular plants. They generally happen to be of low cost, nature-friendly and easy to grow. The primary function of this is to improve ecosystem quality. Plant them in vacant places; they will…
cabbage
Growing cabbage is a very easy job. But as they start growing there may be different problems which start to creep in. Apart from the infesting with pests, sometimes the excessive growth can create a lot of problems. As leaves start touching the ground; leaf rotting starts to occur. The…
Bonsai
Watering can be a very critical aspect of bonsai. Too little water can leave you bonsai shredding leaves, branches or even die. Too much water can make the root rot. How often Do I Need To Water A Bonsai: Watering frequency depends largely on the environment and plant’s growth rate….
basics
Rain garden (it should not be confused with Gardening in the Rain) is an interesting concept. This concept is also a great example of self-watering gardening. Rain gardening not only increases your gardening beauty but also helps in water preservation. Here in this article, I want to give you a…
coir
Which growing media works best for growing strawberries? Well, there are a few options including soil. People have grown strawberries successfully in media like Rock-wool, Perlite or Bark. Here in this article, I want to talk about coconut coir as a media for growing strawberries and why it is the…
Carrots
This is our next article on FAQ series. Today’s edition is CARROTS. Here are some of the questions generally asked about carrot growing. Which variety of carrot should I plant? If your soil does not have very good drainage capacity growing shorter varieties is best. For a deeper and loose…
Take advantage of your garden assets. Every garden has some strong points or the other. But most of the time people complain about what they are missing. There is no harm in improving your garden conditions, but it is also important and sometimes more fulfilling to utilize the prevailing conditions…