As Summer comes to a close, the daily garden duties become less and less. Most vegetable gardens are in their final stages by early October depending on the climate zone. This is the time to begin the clean up from this years garden and preparing for the following year. Use Your Dead Garden Plants … Read more
Growing a garden can be very rewarding in many ways. The most obvious of course is enjoying the quality and freshness of everything you have grown. Many gardeners agree that working in the garden is great therapy. Just by simply planting a seed and watching your plant that you tended to grow to maturity can … Read more
Hungry critters will eat your fruits and vegetables. That’s just the reality you face as a gardener. But different animals threaten your garden in different ways. The four main ways to protect your garden from animals are use a spray, build a fence, build a wireless fence, or use garden row covers. If you don’t … Read more
As Fall approaches and most gardens are in their final stages, there are a few things to consider with regards to next year’s garden as well as possibly having some Fall crops this year. Once your garden is finished for the season it’s time to begin considering applying nutrients to feed the soil for the … Read more
With Summer coming to a close, many gardens are in their final stages for the year. There are some vegetables that will continue to grow and produce until the first frost. Although there are some Fall crops to take advantage of, there are ways to extend the growing season. Many commercial growers have the luxury … Read more
These are the most common and the easiest fall vegetables to grow in our area. But, before we go over the list, we must first we must discuss whether to use seeds or sets for planting. Sets are small plants that are started as seeds in a controlled environment, such as a greenhouse. Because some … Read more
Raised beds make gardening easier and more efficient. This is because some types of soil are not great for gardening. Either the soil has too much clay, or sand, or it has poor drainage. With a raised bed garden you can control what soil goes into your raised bed. And you can control how it … Read more
Many of my customers use my garden cages as a mini greenhouse for cheap. They do this to extend their vegetables and fruits late into the fall growing season, or as protection form the hot sun. Protecting your plants from the hot sun By covering our garden cages with a shade cloth by fastening them … Read more
How To Protect Your Garden From Deer and animals In the last 5 years we have watched the deer population explode on our farm. After watching 100 feet of my vegetable garden disappear overnight I was determined to come up with a solution to keep the deer out of my garden. There are many ways … Read more
Growing green beans at home is usually very easy and rewarding because they are hardy, and they grow quickly. You can see the results fast, which encourages you to try more vegetables at home. One thing to know, though, is that the bush variety is the easiest to grow, and they all harvest at the … Read more