Learning to Grow a Garden

My mom was never one for gardening; as she put it, she by no means had a green thumb. So when I decided to create a backyard garden of my very own, I was all by myself when it came to learning my way around the soil. So I ventured over to our neighborhood hardware [...]

A Good Way to Start your Garden

Plants thrive on nutrients that it gets from the soil. A healthy soil has all the nutrients that plants need. They need nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and less important nutrients such as magnesium, calcium, sulfur and others. Aside from nutrients the healthy soil also needs to have the proper pH. This is the measure of the [...]

Going Organic at Home

Save money and still be able to eat healthy. Instead of always buying vegetables from the supermarket, grow your own instead. One of the tips for a self sufficient life is to go for organic gardening. When you do so, you’ll know exactly how your food is grown.
Organic gardening is not only good for your [...]

Ways of Going Green

It is just another term for organic gardening. Green gardening is a concept in gardening that does not use artificial chemicals as fertilizers and pesticides. There are ways that this can be done and still produce healthy and prolific plants. One doable project that you can do is making your own compost. Make a simple [...]