Organic Gardening

Beneficial Insects – A Safe Way to Deal with Garden Pests

Crop Rotation – The Secret of a Successful Organic Garden

Guide on How to Grow Tomatoes

Vegetable Gardening

Learn how to grow tomatoes with this step by step guide

How to Grow Herbs

Vegetable Gardening

Unlike many other types of gardening, herbs are very inexpensive and easy to maintain. The...

Grow Lots of Vegetables from Scratch

Vegetable Gardening

Nothing tastes better than vegetables picked fresh from your own garden. There’s a certain satisfaction to serving and eating food that you yourself have grown and harvested. Although they typically demand a good bit of space,...

14 Rare & Delicious Heirloom Tomatoes You Can Grow

Vegetable Gardening

Delicious Heirloom Tomato Varieties It is possible that there is nothing tastier than a home grown tomato picked right off of the vine. There is a world of difference between your own tomatoes and the tasteless things you find...

Gardening Tips

How to Keep Deer Out of Your Garden

Gardening Tips

Deer can be the most damaging pests in any garden. In the spring they can devour the green shoots...

Garden Ideas

Companion Planting Guide

Garden Ideas

Guide to Companion Planting How to use shape, color and texture to create a showcase quality garden. Shape Color Texture Companion plants are plants that balance each other on some level. They can be either contrasts or...

Container Gardening

How to Care for Your Poinsettia

Container Gardening

Reblooming and Caring for Your Poinsettia Poinsettias are a widespread Christmas tradition both for gift-giving and holiday decorating. Yet many of these lovely plants end up in the trash once the holidays are over. Your...

Flower Growing Tips

Complete Guide to Pruning Lilacs for Gorgeous Flowers

Flower Gardening

Pruning Lilacs For the absolutely perfectly shaped lilac bush you need to prune them each year. Pruning is a very important part of growing and caring for Lilacs. While some varieties only grow 4 to 8 feet, others can reach up...

Bonsai

How to Change the Shape of a Bonsai with Wire

One of the great differences between pen tsai and bonsai tree is the latter’s use of bonsai wiring as a common technique for changing the shape of the tree (pen tsai relies heavily on the clip and grow method, supplemented by...

Roses

More Success Growing Roses

Flower Gardening, Roses

Consider the following questions before choosing your roses and you’ll have a fantastic experience growing roses. So you’re shopping for roses? Maybe this is the first rose to be added to the garden or maybe you’re an old...

Hydrangeas

List of Hydrangea Varieties

Hydrangeas

Hydrangeas Come in Many Flavors Choose the one that’s right for your garden Hydrangeas are to summer as lilacs are to spring. This genus starts flowering in June and won’t stop until frost. With the shortage of good...