How to Avoid the 10 Most Common Mistakes When Starting Seeds Indoors
Starting seeds indoors can give you a head start on the gardening season and provide an earlier spring harvest, but it is a delicate process. Plants are most vulnerable in …
Soil & Fertilizers
Plants That Like Coffee Grounds and How to Use Them
Coffee grounds are excellent fertilizers for crops, houseplants and garden flowers. They are basically a concentrate of nutrients, and they are cheap, “green” and ready to use. They also smell …
Perlite vs. Vermiculite: What’s the Difference?
Vermiculite and perlite are common gardening materials used to improve soil, potting mix or growing mediums as a soil amendment. The names sound similar, and many people may think they …
Homemade Fertilizers: 10 Simple and Inexpensive Options To Fertilize Houseplants Naturally
Making your own houseplant fertilizer might sound like an intimidating science experiment, but its actually a super easy way to save money using things you would already have around the …
Fertilizing Tomatoes: How and When to Fertilize Your Tomato Plants
Tomatoes are the quintessential summer vegetable, topping everyone’s wishlist, but they do have particular needs if you want an abundant harvest. Some might consider tomatoes easy to grow, but they …
Humus vs. Compost: What’s the Difference?
Compost is a familiar term for most gardeners. But, what’s humus? No, it’s not the healthy chickpea dip in the grocery store (although there’s no reason you couldn’t use hummus …
Eggshells For The Plants: Using Eggshells In The Garden For Soil, Compost, And As Pest Control
Eggshells might seem like a one-time item. After you make breakfast, you toss the eggshells into your compost – never the trash can! What you might not know is that …
Coffee Grounds for Houseplants: Are They Good for Your Indoor Plants
There is nothing quite like a fresh cup of coffee to start your day off right. As a plant owner, you may be wondering if you can use your brewed …
How Use Neem Oil on Plants as an Organic Insecticide
Neem oil is the answer to many needs of gardeners. Do you need a fungicide, an insecticide, an antibacterial for your plants, Houseplants, flowers or crops but you don’t want to use chemical products? Don’t …
Peat Moss: What it is and How To Use It In Your Garden
Surely you have seen big bags of peat moss in garden centers? Used as a growing medium in pots, decorative and vegetable gardens, peat moss has become very popular thanks …