Growing a healthy organic vegetable patch is both an art and a science. Yes, it’s important to make sure that your veggies get all the nutrients they need. But there’s still a lot of experimentation that needs to be done, which is where things can get a little fuzzy. Constant[…]
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There are only a couple more months to go before the weather will deteriorate and the cold temperatures will strike. That means now is the perfect time for homeowners to start thinking about getting their gardens ready for winter. There are lots of ways in which people can approach that[…]
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Are your plants not as big or as vibrant as you would like them to be? Your garden not giving off that feeling of healthy vitality that you would like it to? You might have a sick garden, but what’s making it sick? Here, we’ll look at a few of[…]
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No garden is without problems. The more land you have, the more work you have ahead of you to keep on top of the most common issues. Still, it keeps you active and helps you to feel more invested in your property. And there is nothing more satisfying than plucking[…]
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Of course we would all like to think that we have an unlimited amount of time to spend making our gardens look absolutely perfect, but sometimes life rudely gets in the way. For example, you may have recently decided to start a business or have other family commitments that drag[…]
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As the name eludes to, square foot gardening is a practice whereby you grow your own organic vegetables using a square foot system. An example of the kind layout is above. Each section is approximately one square foot. “That looks complicated…” Actually, square foot gardening is one of the[…]
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With summer on the way and temperatures staying mild, it isn’t a bad time to do a bit of gardening. Planting that new bedding you’ve been planning on or mowing the lawn. The English weather isn’t known to be the best but it hasn’t been so bad recently. When the[…]
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Gardening with our bare hands is tricky, and probably ill-advised. With so many tools created for various aspects of the job, it just keeps getting easier and easier. Some tools are quite a niche, and most budding gardeners will probably never have cause to use them, but others are staples[…]
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Your garden your pride and joy, and it can double up as a social hub and a place of tranquility. This is all dependent, in many circumstances, on which way your house faces. The biggest problem that can face gardeners is how much sunlight can potentially make its way into[…]
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When you or I think of farms, we probably can’t help but think of some old-timer chewing corn on his front porch, gazing out at a majestic field full of crops. Okay, so farmers like that do exist out there, but that isn’t the full extent of farming: farming can[…]
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