Water, Water Everywhere
Setting up an automatic irrigation system for your medium to large garden Water is perhaps the most critical ingredient for life as we know it, and perhaps no where is…
Category: Gardening
The Best Vegetables to Sow Directly in Your Spring Garden RIGHT NOW
We’re not sure what April is really like in all the different climate zones across the world, but here in our little corner of planet earth, April is drunk. One…
Best Indoor Seed Starting Container Choices to Get Growing This Spring
Spring seed starting season is among the most exciting and eventful times in the life cycle of the gardener. March and April are a great time in much of the…
Video: Lockdown Diaries Week One
On Friday March 13, 2020 Illinois became one of the first states to announce school closings because of COVID-19. The closings would begin March 17th, which was the following Tuesday.…
Tips from a Gardener’s Garden
Here are just a few tips that have been passed down by a family member, a neighbor or just the local busybody. Feel free to try these tips from a gardener’s garden!
Gardening Terms Everyone Should Know
We probably don’t think twice when we see or hear gardening terms. Recently I was at a local nursery when I had a complete stranger ask me if I knew what perlite was. I did, so I told them and they went on their way. But this got me thinking. Terms I might think of as common knowledge may not be so common after all.
Spring Cleaning Around the Yard and Garden
Our yards, garden, and tools can benefit from a good spring cleaning. While we may not dust our gardens, after a long winter, things do need to be made tidy again.
Caring for Windowsill Herbs
We all have seen the pots of herbs in the grocery store and seen plenty of pictures of herbs sitting pretty on a windowsill, but do herbs really thrive inside?…
