Best Lighting For Gardens  Thе bеѕt lіghtіng  уоu саn mаkе fоr thе рlаntѕ іn уоur gаrdеn іѕ сhооѕіng tо uѕе соmрасt fluоrеѕсеnt lіght bulbѕ. Thеrе аrе mаnу rеаѕоnѕ whу thеу аrе bеѕt, аnd I wіll dо mу bеѕt tо еxрlаіn thоѕе rеаѕоnѕ fоr уоu hеrе. I’vе uѕеd thеm іn mу hоmе fоr оvеr fіvе уеаrѕ, [...]

How to Grow Ginger At Home We cook a lot of Asian food in our home and many recipes call for ginger. I absolutely hated the taste of ginger you brought from the store and usually just omitted it from a lot of recipes. I ended up engaged in conversation with a lady at the [...]

Medicinal Herbs:  Skullcap It’s amazing the resources we have right outside our homes. With a bit of knowledge and safety many of our common alignments can be treated with the items we grow. Family Name: Labiatae (Mint Family) Botanical Name: Scutellaria Lateriflora Other Names: Scullcap, Hoodwort, European Skullcap, Greater Skullcap, Helmet Flower, Hoodwort, Quaker Bonnet [...]

How to Test Your Soil For Free I was looking online for a soil tester for free for our readers and had no luck finding one that was free for everyone. I came across a few that where free depending on where you lived, but that is not helpful to those who live in areas [...]

What Plants to Start in March by Zone A few days ago we let you know what plants you needed to start as of February, today we will let you know what plants you need to start in March.  I am trying to make these lists simple and just post the plants and there time [...]

What Plants To Start in February by Zone? Its coming time to start your vegetables and new gardeners have many questions and one of the top questions is when should I start certain plants. Should I start them indoors or outdoors is the second question asked. We are going to take the guess work out [...]

The Vegetable Seeds are in!! Okay, I accept that I am not the typical female and it doesn’t take much to excite me, but the vegetable seeds are in and I am excited!! I tore into my packages (gently) and was so excited to see little packages fall out all over the table. So far [...]

No GMO SEEDS for This Family! We are a no GMO seeds family. When I grow my vegetables, I choose non genetically modified seeds because I can do without the scientist making the plants “better” I can deal with what life throws at our garden, but what I can’t deal with is the fact something [...]

Free Interactive Garden Planner While surfing the net looking for cool and interesting gardening stuff, I came across the Kitchen Garden Planner on gardeners.com. Pros: It’s FREE There is nothing to download You can select your garden size It’s simple to use Save, Print, Email, etc. Functions It tells you how many plans you can [...]

Jell-O in the Garden! Gardening Tip Just a quick note to share a simple and easy (not to mention cheap) gardening tip. When planting your seeds sprinkle a little bit of Jell-O on each seed. You can do this by putting the Jell-O in a spice shaker and sprinkling it into the holes or directly [...]