How to Test and Measure Your Soil pH at Home

Hummingbird friendly gardens are not only attractive to hummingbirds, but butterflies as well! An attractive, colorful garden of tubular flowers will attract hummingbirds and butterflies all summer long.

Mint or Mentha is much more than a plant grown to brew tea. The aromatic fresh green leaves can be used in the kitchen or for medicinal purposes. Find out how to plant, harvest, and use mint.

You are maintaining a kitchen garden with a number of interesting vegetables but somehow the related yield is not at par with your expectations. So what can you do in such a circumstance? You need to take expert help and choose the right garden fertilizer that promotes plant growth and associated productivity.

So, you want to start your own backyard garden, but have no idea what to do. Don’t worry; your backyard will look like it belongs on the cover of Sunset magazine in no time at all.

There are three main ways to create a backyard garden. The first and most common is using a raised bed, usually made of cedar or redwood. Another is planting your garden within your existing garden, mingling plantings of lettuces and berries, for instance, among your shrubs and flowers. The third and most versatile way is using containers or pots.

Learn to grow food with simple, easy and fun backyard gardening. Following the article and it’s resources, you can grow all your food at home.

A lack of water can cause problems for your plants and crops, so adequate watering is an essential part of their care. Here are a few useful tips that will save you time and help to ensure you have a beautiful and healthy garden.

Garden hedges can mark boundaries, protect a plot from damaging winds, add structure to a garden, afford privacy, deter intruders and provide a haven for wildlife. The investment in a hedge can pay dividends in the years to follow.

Are you still wondering what to grow in spring? You’d better hurry up and take your pick with some helpful information. Get a fine advice and enjoy a great garden this summer.

I am a container gardening novice but I am an avid believer in the idea. What better way to get children to love fresh vegetables than letting them pick a container in a favorite color, helping them mix in good soil, and then encouraging a cautious sprinkling of seeds. Water, wait, and eat!

If you firstly design a garden to be attractive in winter before thinking about adding summer planting, you will ensure an all-year-round garden outside your windows. Winter need not be a totally bleak season in your garden.

Winter does not have to be a drab and lifeless season. Discover how to ensure there is colour outside your windows through every month of the year.