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Eggshells For The Plants: Using Eggshells In The Garden For Soil, Compost,...
Eggshells might seem like a one-time item. After you make breakfast, you toss the eggshells into your compost – never the trash can! What you might not know is that you can use eggshells in the...
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10 Simple Ways To Improve Your Garden Soil Quality For FREE
Many experienced growers and farmers can confirm that the most important thing to grow in a garden is your soil. If you grow good soil, everything you plant in it will be set up for success and...
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Creating The Perfect Soil pH For Acid Loving Tomatoes
Do you ever wonder why sometimes your tomatoes thrive, and other times they don’t do so hot? One reason could be your soil’s pH. Tomatoes are an acid-loving plant, and having the right soil acidity...
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What Are Nitrogen-Fixing Plants and How They Help Your Garden
Nitrogen is an essential component of a healthy garden yet every harvest strips the soil and leaves many gardens depleted. Before you reach for a bag of chemical fertilizer, consider cultivating some...
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10 Easy Ways To Improve Your Garden Soil Over Winter
As the last plant in our gardens succumbs to the fall frost, we sadly think gardening is over for the year. Whether your climate is temperate enough to garden all year, or is sleeping under a blanket...
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4 Sustainable Peat Moss Alternatives for Healthier Soil and Happier Plants
Peat moss is a commonly purchased garden amendment used to improve the structure and drainage of soils. It has a spongy texture that makes any soil mix significantly lighter and fluffier and can...
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Clay Soil Got You Down? Here’s How to Improve Your Garden’s Soil Quality
No gardener wants to find clay soil in the area they hoped to turn into a thriving, productive garden bed. Clay soil is notoriously difficult to work, having a putty-like consistency when wet, and...
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Wood Ash: The Secret Weapon for Your Garden… Or a Potential Disaster Waiting...
The benefits of wood ashes in the garden have been well known since antiquity. The ancient Romans espoused using wood ash, and burning brush and crop residue in the fields to add wood ash to fields is...
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9 Surprising Items You Can Bury in Your Garden Soil to Boost Nutrients for FREE!
Amending your garden soil by burying and tilling in things like organic matter, calcium, and other key nutrients is absolutely essential for more than just growing healthy plants. Properly balanced...
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10 Soil Amendments to Put in Your Vegetable Planting Holes
You have your seedlings, and it’s planting time for your vegetables; you prepared your beds and now it’s time to dig the holes that will host them. And if you add some of these ten amendments, you...
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How to Cool Garden Soil During a Heatwave: 6 Simple Secrets to Maximize...
Summer can come so suddenly! And an unexpected heatwave can spell disaster for your veggies, and for some decorative plants too. It’s good news for peppers and eggplants, true, but lettuce, spinach,...
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15 Tomato Tips for a Successful Tomato Garden: From Container Mix to Epsom...
A successful tomato garden relies on several key factors. Making the most out of things like container planting, soil chemistry, and adding things like Epsom salt will go a long way toward not just...
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Letting the Garden Rest This Fall? Here’s How to Build Better Soil for Spring
Let’s be honest—after a full season of gardening, the idea of not planting anything this fall might sound… kind of amazing. Maybe you’re short on time. Maybe you’re just ready to trade in your...
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A Complete Guide To Having Perfect Soil For Your Tomatoes
Growing perfect tomatoes starts with good soil. Whether you are growing in containers or the garden, the key to healthy tomato plants that yield juicy, delicious fruits is to prepare the soil...
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