This post will give instructions for building a compost bin, and for what to put in your compost bin. Compost is the best method of fertilizing your garden, and you can create your own compost with materials you might otherwise have sent to the dump. For more on fertilizing your plants, check out my related […]
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Potting Seedlings Up
What is “Potting Seedlings Up”? In the last post, we talked about how to plant seeds to germinate them and this post we will address potting seedlings up. When the seedlings get big enough, they are ready to move to a bigger environment. That’s called “potting up.” The following tips lead you to successfully move […]
Seeds Grow Best with These Tips
Lots of seeds grow easily into seedlings. However, before you stick seeds in the dirt, knowing some important tips will increase your success rate . Well, for most folks. My grandson has had great success taking nasturtium seeds and dropping them throughout the garden. Then, the family is surprised with happy orange blooms in the […]
Fruit Tree Success with Eight Tips
A new fruit tree will succeed best if you follow these eight tips. When my daughter, lea, was on her way home from Qatar, a group of her dearest friends wanted to send her a going away present. They thought up the idea of sending her a fruit tree. That was a wonderful idea, and […]
Testing Your Soil
This post contains affiliate links. That means that if you make a purchase after clicking on a link I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. For more information, click here. In our last post, The Major Elements Plants Need: N-P-K, we talked about the three important elements that contribute to […]
The Major Elements Plants Need: N-P-K
This post is the second of a series on fertilizing and the three major elements. To see the first post, click here. In this post, we will cover how each of these three elements benefit plants, what a shortage in the plant looks like, what an excess of the element does to a plant and […]
Fertilize Your Plants
With the cooling of temperatures, fall is a great time to fertilize your plants. But all fertilizers are not created equal, and you only need to put on your plants what they need. The next three posts will cover the basics of fertilizing. The first will address the underlying concepts you need to know about […]
My Favorite Varieties — Summer 2022
I love to hear from other gardeners who live in my area about their favorite varieties of different plants . Jerry Parsons, the famous A&M horticulturalist and plant developer, taught a session in my Master Gardener training class. He rated plant variety as one of his top three factors in contributing to successful gardening. Before […]
Six Plants I Hate
Some plants do not deserve a place in your garden. These six plants I hate hurt bees, birds, the environment and are invasive.
Six Tips on How to Have Fun in Your Garden
When I was a little girl, we would go to visit my beloved “Grammy.” Since I became a grammy, I fondly refer to her as “Grammy, Sr.” Grammy, Sr. and Papa would take us to see what was growing and what was new out in their fields. We would look at tiny tomato blossoms in […]