Gardening is quite a fun hobby and it can be great for overall physical and mental health. Knowing the basics of gardening, before planning a vegetable garden can help to produce positive results. A beginner gardener can find things like compost making, seed saving, fertilizing, mulching etc a bit too overwhelming. It’s quite easy to understand these things and knowing about them before starting a vegetable garden can help to…
One of the easiest plants to grow in your home are herbs. They are low-maintenance plants that can tolerate both extreme hot and cold weather. By growing fresh herbs in your garden, you get to add fresh leaves to your dishes. Growing herbs can attract pollinators and help to repel pests and insects. Herbs are cold hardy plants and they go dormant during the winters and start to grow foliage…
Eggplants are a warm-weather crop and they need moist well drained fertile soil to grow well. They are heavy feeders and require regular fertilising to grow and give good yields. Organic fertilisers are slow-release fertilisers and they provide all the nutrients that eggplants require. During the initial growth stages, eggplants need fertilisers that have high levels of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorous to grow well. During the yielding period, fertilisers having…
Pansies are biennial flowering plants that come in many colours like yellow, orange, violet, red, purple and other bicolours. These flowers can grow up to 9 inches tall and 3 inches in diameter. They can spread for about 2 feet. Both the pansies blooms and leaves are edible, and these flowers can be used as colouring agents and they are rich in Vitamin A and C. Here’s how to grow…
Sweet peas is a flowering plant that belongs to the Fabaceae family. Its scientific name is Lathyrus Odaratus and unlike the common garden peas, sweet peas are poisonous and should not be consumed. It is an annual flowering plant that produces a variety of flowers that come in colours like blue, pink, purple and white. This plant is grown for aesthetic purposes as it produces colourful flowers. Here’s how to…
Corn is a warm-season crop that is native to America. It was commonly grown as a companion plant to Beans and Squash in the three sisters method. Corn is a grass and is a member of the Poaceae family. Consuming corn has many health benefits. It can be grown in homes and home-grown corn is more nutritious and has more health benefits. Here is how to grow corn from seeds…
Gaillardia is a perennial flowering plant that is native to North America. There are about 30 varieties of this plant that come in colours like red, yellow, and orange. These plants are low-maintenance perennials that grow 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide. This plant is also resistant to pests. Some of the varieties of gaillardia that can be grown include Arizona Sun gaillardia, Gaillardia Fanfare and Gaillardia Aristata. Gaillardia…
Spring season is the best time to grow cold hardy vegetables. The ground warms up during this season but still, the temperatures can be a bit low and cold hardy vegetables are the best to grow during this time. Cool hardy vegetables grow fast and can be harvested sooner. It is important to know a 10-day weather forecast in your area before you start planning your spring garden. When a…
Spring is the season when the soil warms and is the best time to grow your favourite vegetable and flower plants. Preparing the garden soil beforehand can help you to create a successful garden. If the soil in the backyard is not ideal for growing vegetables and flowers you can still grow them in raised garden beds. How to prepare garden beds for spring 1. Clean your garden tools Sharpen…
Seeds started indoors have adapted to conditions indoors. These seedlings find it difficult to adapt to external climatic conditions within a day or two. Hardening off seedlings is a process that is followed to help seedlings adapt to external climatic conditions. Before bringing the seedlings outside make sure the temperature is above 45°F. When your seedlings start to adapt to external conditions, their cell walls start to harden and their…
