How To Identify Plant Nutrient Deficiencies
Not all plant problems are caused by insects or diseases. Sometimes an unhealthy plant is suffering from a nutrient deficiency or even too much of any one nutrient. Plant nutrient deficiencies often...
View ArticleGardening for the Birds
A garden that birds visit has a life of its own. It doesn’t matter how beautiful your borders are or how finely shaped your topiary is, a garden with no wild, feathered visitors is a duller place than...
View ArticleHow to Increase your Garden’s Bee Population
What’s happening to the bees? Honey bees (and all other bees too, for that matter) are struggling. Recent winters have seen catastrophic cases of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), where entire hives die...
View ArticleHow To Create a Bee-Friendly Garden
Have you noticed a decline of pollinators in your garden of late? Honeybee numbers are declining due to several factors, and it’s finally starting to make headlines. The loss of bee colonies has...
View ArticleDIY Vertical Herb Garden with a Shoe Organiser
Don’t have enough space in your place to grow some herbs? Turn a shoe organizer into a vertical garden and as long as you have even a balcony railing with sun exposure, you’ll have more than enough...
View ArticleA Simple Soil Science Test
You can help your soil support your plants, flowers, trees, shrubs, and lawns by learning what it is made of. Testing your soil involves a simple do-at-home science experience that you can complete in...
View Article6 Compost Problems and How to Fix Them
As every gardener knows, composting is an essential process that promotes sustainability and plant health for gardens of all sizes. Seasonally purchasing compost to use as a soil amendment can be...
View ArticleHow to Grow an Avocado Plant
Next time you make guacamole, think twice before you toss that avocado pip. It’s a seed after all, which you can use to grow an entirely new avocado plant. It will help reduce your food waste, and when...
View ArticleHow To: Become a Backyard Beekeeper
You add a dollop of honey to your tea, spread it on toast, and drizzle it on ice cream. What if you could have an unlimited supply of this golden elixir? Instead of buying honey at the store, consider...
View ArticleHow to: Install a Drip Irrigation System for Small Gardens
A lot of time and hard work goes into planning, planting, and caring for a home garden. Once little seedlings sprout up through the earth, the impending summer heat could be the demise of all of your...
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