Use these tips to start growing peas in your home vegetable garden. Whether its sugar, snap, or shelling peas, there are lots of options from spring to fall. While growing peas outdoors is most … [Read more...]
Garden Fundamentals
Wilting Seedlings? It Could Be Damping-Off Disease
If your indoor seedlings are wilting, bent, swollen, or turning brown, it may be damping-off disease. Learn about the causes, identification, and how to prevent it in the future. For more tips also … [Read more...]
Growing Softwood Cuttings: A Simple Step-by-Step Guide
Use softwood cuttings to propagate new plants from favorite annuals and perennials. Includes recommended plants and detailed step-by-step instructions. In late fall and winter, you can root older … [Read more...]
How to Test Seeds For Germination (Paper Towel Test)
Curious whether your seeds are still viable? This simple paper towel test shows which seeds will germinate along with anticipated germination rates ahead of planting time. For seed starting … [Read more...]
How to Write Botanical Plant Names (Tips For Gardeners)
This beginner’s guide to botanical names shares the basics for gardeners wanting to get comfortable using the scientific names for plants. Once you understand the conventions for how the names are … [Read more...]
How to Know Which Vegetable & Fruit Crops Need Pollinators
How can you tell which garden vegetables or fruits require pollination to produce crops? Use these tips to know which crops require exposure to pollinators like bees or birds and those that can … [Read more...]
Table Salt as a Weed Killer: Why It’s More Harm Than Help
We hear advice to use table salt as a weed killer and see it recommended in recipes for diy weed treatments. But it's not that simple. Even though salt is "natural," it is not harmless. Excess salt … [Read more...]
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