Getting Your seed to sprout, is only the first step in the game; they must be provided with the means of immediately beginning to grow.
This means that they should not be left to germinate in loosely packed soil, full of air spaces, ready to dry out at the first opportunity, and to let the tiny [...]

1. While planning your vegetable garden, consider what and how much you will plant. In selecting a site or plot, consider the exposure to sunlight. It is important to consider also the different sunlight requirement for different vegetables. Leafy vegetables can be grown n partial shades but vegetables with fruits must be grown [...]

Raised beds make gardening easier in many ways. They help you solve difficult issues with your soil, they aid in controlling pests, they improve the amount of produce you can harvest in an area, they’re great at reducing weeds, and they help conserve water.
Any plants that love well-drained soil can benefit from being grown [...]

March in the GardenRegional Gardening Tips
Right
about now, many of us are wondering if spring will ever come. I can
smell the first whiffs of springtime mud and I’m fighting the urge to
shovel the remaining snow off my vegetable garden and plant some peas.
A regional gardening calender for the month of March can give you
general tips on [...]

This is a good tip, and will work for many other pests in your vegie garden. Don’t know about you but before I started my vegie garden there wasn’t a pest in sight, they were all lurking over the fence I think. Hope this tip helps you out too. I found it [...]

Breathe. Relax. Be nice.
When I walk I notice:
* Trees are cool. Literally. The temperature drops noticeably between treeless areas downtown, even areas shaded by buildings, and the leafy East side. That’s like nearly free air conditioning.
* Plants like water. Believe it or not, a lot of people neglect to water, and plants die. Plants are [...]