Ebb and Flow of Soil Fertility in the Polytunnel Garden
A Rock Garden Great for Low Maintenance Landscaping One of the easiest and maybe the cheapest ways to enhance the landscape around your home is to build a rock garden….
A Strange Year for Growing Squash
Pruning Tips For Healthy Trees Trees, so long as they’re within your right to tend to, need regular pruning to keep them in shape and good health. It also minimizes…
Surviving Ophelia
Ideas for Container Gardening Container gardening is a hot new trend for people who may not have enough room for traditional gardening, or want to grow plants in a smaller…
The Grower’s Paradox
Choosing The Most ‘Sociable’ Foods for Your Events Food isn’t just about keeping your stomach lined and avoiding hunger pangs, it’s also a very social activity which serves an important…
No-Rules Compost
Ultra Sun 1000 Watt High Pressure Sodium Super Bulb, 901531 For the indoor gardener or horticulturalist, grow lamps are an essential part of providing your plants with what they need…
Growing Potatoes to Feed the Soil
November in the Vegetable Garden November in the vegetable garden and winter is beginning to take hold. Beds that were filled with late season produce are now laid bare, stems…
The Black Plot
Permaculture – What Is It? A brief overview of what permaculture is, and where to find out more about it. Includes the 12 design principles of Permaculture. Planting Season Begins…
6 Vegetable Gardens
Grow Healthy Food Such As Fish and Vegetables Using Aquaponics Many of use consider growing vegetables in our backyard a process that uses soil and an abundance of water. This…