Baking soda is a common, everyday staple that can be found in most kitchens. Also known as sodium bicarbonate, bicarbonate of soda, or by its abbreviated name, bicarb, it’s a useful leavening agent for baking. Its usefulness does not stop there, though; common baking soda has numerous uses in the ...
10 Natural Pesticides With Recipes and How to Use Them
Garden pests are the worst! They ruin all your hard work, eat all those fresh, delicious vegetables you were planning to harvest, and generally wreak havoc everywhere. Dealing with pest infestations early and quickly is essential to save the plants, but it comes at a high cost if done with ...
14+ Uses for Sawdust in the Garden With Tutorials
Sawdust is an often-overlooked gardening resource. As a byproduct of the milling industry and also of woodworking and hobby crafts, sawdust is usually very cheap—often free. While sawdust sometimes gets a bad rap for being a nitrogen thief, the truth is that with proper use and management, there ...
How to Plan Your Garden With Free Printable Planner
Whether you are a market gardener, someone who grows plants as a hobby, an old hat, or you just started a garden for the first time last year, a garden planner will help your garden thrive. It will help you keep track of when you need to water your plants, how many pounds of tomatoes you’ve grown, ...
19 Garden Helper Insects + How to Attract Them
If you have a vegetable or flower garden, you've likely heard the phrase beneficial insects. But, what are these insects, and why and how are they beneficial? Most folks think about bees and butterflies, but the realm of beneficial insects is far greater than that. In fact, there are several dozen ...
14 Tomato Growing Mistakes New Gardeners Make
Tomato plants are the most popular vegetable garden crop that new gardeners want to grow, but tomatoes are finicky and far from the easiest plants. When you grow tomatoes for the first time, you need to avoid these tomato growing mistakes new gardeners make all of the time. The first time I grew ...
85 Plants to Grow in Water - Water Gardening Guide
From growing your houseplants in no soil glass containers to hydroculture, ponds, indoor water gardens, and aquariums, there is almost no end to the ways you can grow plants in water. This article covers almost all of them, I left out hydroponics since that is worthy of an entire article all its ...
20 Amazing Uses for Vinegar in the Garden {With Recipes}
It’s true! There are many little-known, yet very effective uses for vinegar in the garden. From pest control to soil amendment, there are lots of ways to use this inexpensive, common household ingredient for a cheaper, gentler solution to everyday garden problems. What are some of the best ...
16 Best Plants to Grow in a VegTrug for Maximum Yield
Maybe you just got your VegTrug, maybe you’re looking into getting one and want more information, or you’re just looking for a little bit of inspiration. Whichever it may be you have come to the right place. I’ve compiled a list of the 16 best plants to grow in a VegTrug. Some of them are pretty ...
How to Grow an Avocado Tree from Seed
There are a million different reasons why you might want to grow avocados at home instead of buying them at the grocery store including the environment, humanitarian concerns, and the pure joy of eating something that you grew yourself. But, there is a lot you should know about growing an avocado ...