Starting Seeds Indoors: How To Start Seed Indoors
One of the most rewarding of all garden undertakings is starting plants indoors from seed. Unfortunately, it is frequently also one of the most disappointing, for failure to “bring through”
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Grandma’s Simple Tools for Easier Gardening
When I was a child, there were no supermarkets. So a vegetable garden was very important. After school, we helped mother plant lettuce, radishes, and peas on a warm day
Weed Killers: What Friendly Herbicide Is Safe For Bees?
Many weed killers are deadly to bees. Among them are herbicides containing glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup. Other herbicides toxic to bees include Dicamba products and even natural concoctions
Plant Juicy Tomatoes A Must For Every Garden
The tomato stands high among those vegetables that furnish abundant food from limited space with small effort and little failure hazard. A single plant may often yield as much as
What Are Some Popular Medicinal Perennial Herbs To Grow?
Herbs used only for their medicinal or healing qualities were divided by the herbalists in about the fifteenth century into specific groups according to their supposed action upon the human
What Are Some Popular Tender Perennial Herbs To Grow?
There is more to a good garden than an abundance of pretty flowers. Plants with showy flowers naturally attract the most attention, but the scent is more subtle than color.
Your Living Garden Soil: Is It Growing Stronger or Weaker?
Soil is partly earth but not all earth. Soil is a living thing. It grows, gets sick, and becomes well again. Like both garden and gardener, the soil changes dramatically
What Are The Best Perennial Herbs To Grow In Pots?
Once you are acquainted with the pleasing qualities and subtle flavors found only in garden-fresh herbs, having your supply of at least a part of those used becomes essential. Start
Herbs To Grow and Use, For Oil, Flavor, Simple, Elegant Distinctive
Herbs are plants of infinite interest, inspiration, and purpose. For many centuries, herbs and man have been old friends in many lands. They have fascinated, interested, served, and delighted humanity
March Pointers: Northern Plant and Garden To Do’s
The blustery winds and fluctuating temperatures of March can do damage to northern gardens. There is a tendency, when the weather is fine, to uncover plants protected all winter. This