A short while ago I did a blog on raised bed gardening. One of my readers (who happens to also be a friend) read the blog and told me I just HAD to talk to her mother-in-law! After making our connections, I learned that Bonnie (said gardener) has an amazing raised bed garden. After seeing [...]
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Gardening with raised beds has been on the increase in the last decade or so–and there are reasons for it! Following are just a few of them: 1. Raised beds give the gardener the ability to control the soil they’re growing in. It used to be that if you lived in an area where [...] With many gardeners becoming more conscious of how they garden–the chemicals they use on their plants–there have been many organic fertilizer companies popping up left and right. Where once it was difficult for an organic gardener to find resources at their local garden center, now it is almost to the point [...] I’ve had a few readers ask me this question, so I thought it would benefit everyone if I wrote a blog explaining some of the top reasons chemical, man-made fertilizers are not a good choice. Each different chemical fertilizer can effect you, your plants, and your environment in different ways, but for the most part, [...] I’m sure you’ve all heard it; gardening is expensive. From the soil, to the tools, seeds/plants, fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides, to the time spent (time is money, right?)…the list goes on and on. And the truth of the matter is, gardening CAN be very expensive–if you don’t do it right. Many new gardeners fall into the [...] Recently, I visited my folks in Southeast North Carolina. They moved there from Ohio about 5 years ago and absolutely love it. My mother had some beautiful flowerbeds around my childhood home in Ohio, and learning to grow in the South was a bit challenging for her. As we all know, different plants thrive in [...] That’s right, I said it, fruit! Many of us don’t realize that tomatoes are actually a fruit, not a vegetable. Think about it: plump, juicy, sweet…definitely a fruit. Tomatoes come in thousands of different varieties, all fairly easy to grow from seed. You will need to do your research though. You’ll need to find out [...] The sweet pea flower, lathyrus odoratus, is a much-loved, easy to care for favorite. It grows well in most climates and can bloom from Spring all the way through to the end of Fall/early Winter in mild climates. Blooming in blues and purples, all shades of pinks and reds, and even in pure white, it [...] Okay, okay, so the facts behind fish meal are not really all that fishy, but I couldn’t resist! The truth of the matter is, fish meal is an excellent, all organic fertilizer that has been used for many, many years on nitrogen hungry plants. Fish meal is made from either the whole fish body or [...] When most people think of any kind of animal byproduct…well…most people try to avoid thinking of animal byproduct. But organic gardeners are not most people, right? We see benefits where others may just see yuckiness. If you never knew that bat guano could be used as a natural fertilizer, you’re in for a treat–and so [...] |
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