Gardening

How to Successfully Grow Cucumbers in your Garden My youngest daughter loves cucumbers.  She enjoys them year-round but it's always more fun to grow the veggies that you eat, isn't it? Growing your own cucumbers in the vegetable garden is a great way to enjoy fresh, crisp cucumbers right off the vine. It isn't very hard to grow Cucumbers when they are grown in the right conditions. But you have to give them plenty of attention in the very beginning. Growing cucumbers is one of those vegetables that you have to get right from the very start because the flavor of the actual cucumbers changes with the care it receives and space it is grown in.  You'll first want to make sure you have all the...

Italian seasoning is one of the most commonly used seasonings, created from a combination of very well-paired and flavorful Italian herbs. The herbs that are needed to make your very own Italian seasoning are easy to grow in your own small herb garden outdoors in a bed, in containers or even indoors near a sunny window. Once your garden is growing you can start collecting and drying the herbs needed to put together a homemade recipe that will taste better than anything store bought. There are five basic Italian herbs that are used to create Italian Seasoning. Use these tips to help you grow and gather what you need to make enough for all your cooking needs. Five GREAT Italian Herbs That...

With both climate change and economical hardship, the best plants to grow in your garden would be a combination of fruits, herbs, vegetables, and flowers.  You can grow some of each variety in small spaces such as pots, half wine barrels, and troughs. Best Plants To Grow in a Garden You can grow specific flowers to help in the pollination process and to attract natural pollinators back to our gardens: bees, butterflies, ladybirds, and an assortment of different insects. A good guide is to have plants growing that are suited to each season in your climate from each of the above categories. An excellent website guide for herbs and vegetables is Gardenate. Dwarf Fruit Trees Dwarf fruit trees...

Composting is one of the most important things you can do for your garden. Gardening has seen a huge increase in popularity over the past few years. Even city residents have rooftop gardens or tomatoes growing in pots on their decks. If you have the space, one of the best things you can do for your garden is composting. Composting allows you to introduce a healthy punch of nutrients into the soil, which leads to hardier plants and a bigger yield. Composting - Why Do It? There are a number of different reasons to compost. One of the big reasons is that it's better for the environment. Did you know that food waste in landfills generally breaks down in the absence of oxygen? Without oxygen,...