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…
For a novice gardener, the topic of fertilizers can be incredibly daunting – why are there so many options to choose from? How do you know which is the best fertilizer to pick? And what happens if you get it…
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…
Are you considering starting your own vegetable garden in your backyard? In my heart of hearts, I genuinely believe that anyone can learn how to start a vegetable garden from scratch. No matter where you are in the world or…
While we go to great lengths to nurture our garden and vegetable plots, neglecting the soil in our indoor and container-grown plants is too easy. While you can reuse it under the right conditions, potting soil has an expiration date,…
The perfect time to think about how to improve your garden soil is over winter. Although it can be tempting to think of gardening as a warm-weather pastime, we can do many things year-round to help our gardens stay fertile…