Oftentimes the biggest challenge with raised garden beds is filling them. You have to be extra careful what kind of compost, mulch, or soil you use as this will be the growing environment for your plants. If you are on …
Clay soil tends to be fairly problematic, especially for new gardeners, the good news is that there are a couple of steps that you can make in order to break down clay soil. Amending clay soil is a form of …
Gardening in clay soil is possible, and if choose the right kind of plants to grow then you will have a bountiful harvest. A lot of people are overly pessimistic if their area is mostly clay soil, but no matter …
The bottom of a raised garden bed is the foundation of the entire bed, get the foundation wrong and the plants growing in the garden bed will definitely struggle. Ideally, a raised garden bed should contain plenty of organic matter …
Ground cover plants can be used instead of mulch, although you can also combine the two for a healthier and better-looking garden. No matter if you want to use ground cover instead of mulch for your vegetable garden or for …
Snails and slugs are considered by many to be a pest, although the truth is that snails play a vital role in our ecosystem. Snails are relatively hardy creatures that reproduce fairly fast, and once they get into our garden …
Slugs can cause a lot of damage in a vegetable garden, this is why they are considered to be a pest. The problem with slugs is that no amount of baiting or trapping will catch them all, they reproduce relatively …
A seedling or a young plant can be extremely vulnerable to pests like slugs and snails, and if they are constantly losing their new leaves due to the pests they will eventually die off. No matter if you are planting …
For the most part, mulching is extremely beneficial to plants, although as with everything in life, so does mulching as well has its fair share of disadvantages. The good news is that the advantages of mulching outweigh the disadvantages. There …
A lot of people are afraid of using mulch because some plants will have a really difficult time growing through the mulch. The truth is that you have to use the mulch based on what and how you grow, and …