A soil block is a cube of lightly compressed soil and nutrients that will grow one seedling. When the plant…
Read More
Spring Gardening
8 Easiest Vegetables to Grow in Your Garden
Do you want to grow and preserve your own vegetables, but worry that you won’t have the time to tend…
Read More
7 Tips for a Low-Maintenance Vegetable Garden
Do you want to grow your own food, but worry that you don’t have time to tend to a garden?…
Read More
How to Grow Potatoes: Trench and Hill Method
What could be more satisfying than the flavor of freshly dug potatoes lifted straight from your own garden? Learn how…
Read More
8 Great Tips for Growing Potatoes
Have you tried growing potatoes in your garden? Growing potatoes is fun and not that difficult! You can grow unique…
Read More
30+ Vegetables That Grow in Shade
Do you have an area of your garden that is shaded part of the day? If you think you can’t…
Read More
10 Tips to Growing Peppers in Colder Climates
Growing peppers is possible even if you are in cooler climates. The key is to select varieties that are adapted…
Read More
9 Creative DIY Tomato Trellis Ideas
A tomato trellis is a freestanding structure usually made from wood or metal that is used to support the sprawling…
Read More
Chitting Potatoes Gives Them a Head Start
Chitting potatoes is also called greensprouting, or pre-sprouting. Chitting it is a way of preparing potatoes for planting by encouraging…
Read More
13 Easy Vegetables to Direct Sow
To direct sow your seeds just means to plant your seeds outdoors in the garden where it will grow instead…
Read More
10 Steps to Starting Seedlings Indoors
Growing your own seedlings from seed offers you more flexibly and control over your garden. You can choose your favorite…
Read More
How to Harden Off Seedlings
If you grow your own vegetable seedlings indoors under lights, or if you purchase transplants from a nursery greenhouse, you…
Read More