Spring is here and that means it’s time to start your seeds indoors. If you’re interested in starting seeds indoors but don’t want to buy pots, you can make your own out of newspapers. Newspaper pots are easy and quick to make. The only thing you will need to make these is a page of …
Planning your vegetable garden is the first step in starting your own garden. It’s also one of the most difficult things for new gardeners to do. You have to decide where your garden is going to be. How you are going to plant it and what you are going to plant. Read on for helpful …
Are your houseplants starting to look sad? Are the leaves yellowing, drooping, or starting to fall off? It’s possible you have spider mites. Especially if you recently brought home a new plant or brought them in from outside. My experience with spider mites Spider mites have been a thorn in my side two years in …
If you have a garden, you know it’s important to add nutrients back into the soil. One way to do this is to add compost to your garden. There are a few options for how to get compost, you can buy it, get it from someone you know, or make your own. Making your own …
Bees and butterflies are important pollinators. They help to pollinate much of our food supply. Without bees and butterflies, many types of food will be difficult, if not impossible, to grow. Unfortunately, these important pollinators have been in decline for the last several years. So, what can be done to help bees and butterflies? One …
Do you love watching butterflies? Do you enjoy seeing hummingbirds? Or would you just like to help the bees? Planting a pollinator garden will allow you to do all of these things. Last summer I noticed that we had a few butterflies and even a hummingbird or two. I enjoyed watching them so much that …
