You may have been meaning to kick-off your grow your own vegetables project, but it just never seems to happen. Why not take inspiration from this article and get started today? Nothing beats the flavor of fresh vegetables right out of your garden. The food you produce will be healthy and flavorful. Planning is the [...]
Living in the city is great with all the modern conveniences and benefits one enjoys with city life. However, growing vegetables in the city where there is so little space can be pretty tedious. It gets worse if theres no backyard to speak of. What can you do when you enjoy gardening and especially growing [...]
Most gardeners consider celery to be difficult to grow. This stems from the fact that traditional varieties require much time and effort. The celery needs to be planted really deep and the gardener needs to constantly layer the soil to blanch the green stems. Today, with better plant breeding techniques, celery growing has become a [...]
Garden mulch is the protective layer that gardeners cover soil with. It is beneficial to your garden by providing nutrients for the plants, enhancing the soils water retention capacity by locking in moisture, enhancing the appearance of your vegetable beds, suppressing weeds, protecting plants during cold weather and helping with plant culture. There are different [...]
There are a large number of cucumber varieties including several disease resistant and exotic kinds. There is also the pickling kind like the gherkin. The cucumber is one vegetable that is generally available throughout the year. It is however, at its best during the months of May, June and July. Cucumbers belong to the same [...]
Good compost will improve soil structure, providing it with high water retention ability and proper drainage. There is plenty of organic waste to be found in a garden, suitable for being turned into rich garden compost. Plants thrive in rich soil; add compost to sandy soil to improve water retention or to heavy clay soil [...]