Make your Garden a Bug-Free Zone – Plant Bird Friendly Plants
Over thousands of years, birds and plants have developed a mutually beneficial relationship. Birds help to pollinate plants, disperse their seeds, and eat the insects that can ravage them. To entice birds to do this work for them, plants have evolved colorful, nectar-filled flowers and luscious, nutrient-packed fruits and seeds to nourish them. In addition, their limbs and leaves offer nesting sites and cover.
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Topic: Niche Gardening
Bare Root Roses – Why They are a Good Choice for your Rose Garden
Bareroot roses are grown in fields and dug out in the fall of each year, when they are placed in cold storage, and then shipped to the consumer. Bare-root roses don’t look very promising – the roses are all dormant stem and brown roots and look dead – but they’re the ideal way to get your roses off to a great start since there’s no chance of transplant shock. Plant these roses in early spring in any part of the country. Some people prefer to buy their roses already potted, but you will find some big advantages to purchasing bareroot roses.
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The Pros of Starting a Raised Bed Garden
A raised bed is a mound of prepared soil 6 to 8 inches high. It can be made permanent by edging with wood, stones, logs or bricks. The soil in a raised bed is more porous because no one ever steps into the bed to pack it down. This allows good drainage so that air, water, and fertilizer will penetrate to the roots more easily.
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Topic: Niche Gardening
Growing Garlic Made Easy
Garlic is a spice you love to put on your dishes. It adds that unique flavor to gravies, tomato sauces, soups, stews, pickles, salads, dressing and breads. Hence it is only logical to grow garlic in your own vegetable garden. Before starting to plant garlic in your garden, it is always best to have a background on how garlic is planted and maintained. Here, we’ll give you a quick look on how garlic is cultivated.
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Topic: Vegetable Gardening
Maintaining Soil Fertility Through Crop Rotation
Maintaining soil fertility can be done various ways. Proper drainage can be installed in the garden. Soil moisture is maintained at optimum levels. Each species of crops can also be planted in different plots each year. This method of planting crops in different plots each year is called crop rotation.
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Topic: Vegetable Gardening
Planning: A Garden Essential
Setting up a home vegetable garden isn’t as simple as picking up your tools, digging and planting some seeds. It entails careful planning before starting growing vegetables. This ensures that you’ll have a harvest at the end of the season. Planning for setting-up a home vegetable garden consists of major steps: selecting a site; and planning the garden.
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Topic: Vegetable Gardening
Putting Plant Relationships to Good Use in Gardening
You might think that organizing a vegetable garden entails having each vegetable in a single plot. For instance, herbs are planted in one section of the garden while the cabbage is placed in another. In your eyes, this may look great. However, it may not be the ideal and practical thing to do. The ideal and most beneficial way to plant crops is companion planting.
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Topic: Vegetable Gardening
