You can grow a healthy lawn without using synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Chemical-free fertilizers stimulate the healthy growth of roots and blades while they improve the drainage, aeration, and water-holding capacity of the soil. A healthy lawn starts with … [Read more...]
Tomatoes Grow Great in Containers
Love fresh-picked tomatoes but don’t have any land to grow them? Don’t despair. If you have a sunny spot to put a container you can grow tomatoes, and it’s just as easy as growing them in the ground. It’s a pretty simple formula for growing tomatoes in containers: Right … [Read more...]
The Art of Repotting
Of all the gardening tasks, repotting is my favorite. Give me a bench full of plants to repot and I’m in horticulture heaven. Houseplants need repotting when they start to become root bound. You’ll know when this happens because roots will grow out of the drainage holes or the … [Read more...]
An Overview of Container Gardening
Container Gardening: Background Info To support America’s war effort and feed their families, people in the U.S. planted 20 million victory gardens during World War II, growing nearly 40 percent of all vegetables eaten across the country. Victory gardeners quickly learned … [Read more...]
Gardening in the New York Metropolitan Area
Do you live in the New York Metro Area? If so, you must know that there are tons of ways to make the area look beautiful. Not the "concrete jungle" it once was - there are plenty of gardens and green areas popping up all over New York. If you're in this sprawling metropolis and … [Read more...]