How to Grow Sweet Potato
Sweet potatoes aren’t grown from seeds like most vegetables, or even seed potato chunks like potatoes are. Sweet potatoes are grown from small seedlings, known as slips. It’s very simple and inexpensive to sprout your own! When to Start Sweet Potato Slips The timing is important if you want to grow large and tasty sweet…
Deer Resistant Plants
While these are known for their deer resistance, it is important to remember that no plant is completely guaranteed to be deer-proof.Factors like the availability of other food sources or their level of hunger can affect their browings behavior. It is always a good idea to monitor and protect your newly planted vegetation until it…
Spring To Do’s
There may be snow still on the ground, but March and April are still a great time to start planning and getting ready for the spring. In no particular order, many gardeners start to plan their gardens, get their seeds, start their seeds, get their tools ready, prune trees or shrubs and check their houseplants.…
Upcycle What You Have at Home in Your Garden
Have some plastic milk jugs, egg shells, coffee grounds, or broken pots laying around? Well don’t throw them away, use them this year in your garden. There are multiple ways you can help keep the old gardening tools from landing up in the landfill for Global Recycling Day. Here are just a few fun ways…