As the jack-o-lanterns flicker out and autumn leaves carpet the ground, you might wonder what to do with your leftover pumpkins. Fear not! Here are ten creative (and delicious) ways to use your leftover pumpkins, including our best pumpkin bread,…
Winter will be here before you know it. But don’t let that stop you from soaking up the sun! We’ve compiled 21 fun and thrifty backyard projects to bring your outdoor space to life. These DIY activities can help you…
July and August are some of the best months to support your veggies, fruits, and shrubs with a side dressing fertilizer. Many of your garden crops produce ample fruits and veggies in these fertile summer months and would benefit from…
Core gardening is an ingenious and thrifty gardening method that allows you to squeeze every ounce of nutrients from your compost. Core gardening has many benefits, like nourishing your soil and conserving moisture. For that reason, core gardening is one…
Making compost is perfect for all kinds of plants and something you want to do if you garden. But composting can sometimes feel like it takes forever to get your compost in the right state so that you can apply it! That’s…
In our collective gardening imagination, earthworms are synonymous with healthy soil – and with a good reason. Is the magic of earthworms just a myth or is there a seed of truth to it? It turns out that there is…
Worms serve an amazing, useful purpose in the garden. The burrowing action and feeding habits of an earthworm make the soil rich and enable plants to grow strong and stay healthy. Worms break down compost to produce the nutrients that…
There’s a common misconception that composting requires lots of space and materials, yet composting can easily be accomplished in a 5-gallon bucket you can find at the local hardware store for a few dollars. Let’s break down two different composting…
I was recently asked what my best compost bin is. You might imagine it’d be some super fancy turning compost bin or compost tumbler, but it’s not. My favorite way to compost is actually to just throw it all on…