This article will teach you everything you need to know about Comfrey. How to grow it in your garden or forage it if you don’t have space. Comfrey is a fabulous medicinal herb with benefits for humans and animals. In addition, comfrey supports the other plants in your garden.
You may think because your yard gets only partial sun and has a lot of shade that you can’t grow vegetables or herbs. You are in luck! Many vegetables such as greens and root crops grow well in part shade.
Cantaloupes and Muskmelons are small melons that have orange or green flesh and are great for smaller spaces. Their scientific name is Cucumis melo and there are many cultivated varieties.
MMMM peaches! A luscious ripe peach has no comparison. Peaches are well worth growing even thou challenging they can be.
Cucumbers are a refreshing treat from the garden on warm days; they are delicious for snacking or as an addition to salads and drinks. You can also use cucumbers to make pickles, which are a great way to preserve a harvest.
Cucumbers make a valuable addition to any garden and are easy to grow once you learn how. This guide answers all your questions.
Wasps. Most wasps are not hunting us down for prey or are overly aggressive. Wasps actually display a wide range of behaviors and social structures. Courting dances, determined builders, and skilled hunters all describe the wasp.
Let’s rethink our relationship with wasps. They play a valuable part in our ecosystems and like bees are beneficial pollinators.
Living in an apartment has taught me many new ways to grow vegetables and fruits indoors. I have discovered that gardening is not limited to a plot of soil.
For many people living in an urban apartment or condominium means they can’t garden in the traditional sense. When I left rural Kentucky for urban Wisconsin, I was very anxious that it meant the end of my ability to have food security. Not to mention that I just loved getting my hands dirty and playing in the dirt.
You can make your yard or garden a humane and vital place for wildlife. Habitat destruction is the primary threat to wildlife. The process of building roads and developing suburban neighborhoods is a leading cause of habitat decline.
By becoming a humane gardener and creating native habitat you create an oasis for wildlife, plants, and yourself. When you and your neighbors have friendly green space it creates corridors for wildlife to move around to find food, raise young, and live a natural life.
Homegrown tomatoes are the ultimate in taste and texture. So much better than the cardboard grocery knockoff ones. Tomatoes need some care but are easy to grow and productive, saving you lots of money.
This is a complete guide to types and varieties that do well in Zone 6B, how to choose tomatoes, and how to grow your tomatoes from seed.
Grave gardening is a fun new trend that actually has its roots in the Victorian Age. Planting flowers around a grave was a common hobby in the 1800s both in America and Europe.
Planting around headstones, filling cradle graves, to lush plantings in forgotten rural cemeteries, grave gardening is coming back from the dead.
Moving into a new apartment can be a hectic tiring experience. I know because I recently moved from a rural farm to an urban apartment. There can be lots to think about including how to design your space.
Where to place your plants so they receive what they need is important. . Many people want to have gardens within their apartments for many different reasons, such as aesthetic quality, health benefits, and cooking ingredients.
Imagine a snowy day in December. You go out to the garden, uncover the cold frame, and pick some nice fresh greens for dinner. This is something I do in my USDA Zone 6 garden.
Cold Frames are a great way to extend your harvest. They’re easy and cheap to build and give a lot back for the money. Cold frames allow you to eat fresh food for a longer period of time.
Perennials will add a great deal of variety to your garden plan. These plants live for several years or more. I always tell my students to plant perennials first.
Perennial fruits, vegetables, and herbs will make a considerable impact towards self-sufficiency goals and your food security. They are also beautiful landscape plants.
