Do you have weeds creeping through your patio pavers? Grass climbing around your fence and making your house look less than manicured? This organic homemade weed killer recipe will kill your weeds and allow you to easily remove them. Without putting nasty chemicals in your garden and into your soil. You will need… • 1 cup salt • 1 gallon white or horticultural vinegar • 1 tbsp dish soap (a natural one works to make the recipe ... Read the Post...
5 essential skills every vegetable gardener needs to know
As a gardener there are many skills needed to grow successful and healthy plants. When it comes to growing food, the following 5 essential skills will help you to produce nutritious and healthy food in your garden. As a new gardener, try to develop the following 5 skills: starting seeds, hardening off plants, understanding soil nutrition, efficient watering and crop rotation. These 5 skills will allow you to get the most out of your vegetable ... Read the Post...
5 Easy Vegetables for Beginners
When you are getting started with vegetable gardening, the easier you can make it on yourself the better! Some of the easiest vegetables to grow for beginners are onions, potatoes, carrots, artichokes and kale. These vegetables are simple to grow, easy to care for and produce a good harvest for you to enjoy. 1. Onions Onions can be grown from seed or from plugs. The easiest and quickest way to grow onions is to get a bag of onion ... Read the Post...
How to Grow a Garden by the Beach
When you live by the beach, there can be some inherent challenges that make it more difficult to grow the garden of your dreams. Oceanside gardeners face strong winds, sandy soils and a salty environment. There are however several steps that can be taken to help your garden be more hospitable to plants. Here at the little garden house we live by the coast, we contend with sandy soils, unpredictable coastal weather, High winds and warm dry ... Read the Post...