Monthly Archives: November 2015

Compost, Container Gardening, Plant Care

Video – DIY Biodegradable Pots

 

Ditch the heavy pots and reuse biodegradable material as plant pots

If you’re not only an organic gardener, but also a conscious environmentalist you probably also love everything that has a sustainable touch to it.

If the answer is yes, then you will totally love the ideas presented in the following video. You will learn three amazing, easy and yet entirely sustainable ways of reusing biodegradable matter.

You will use them to grow your seeds in, and then you can literally plant both the seedling and the pot in the soil.

We promise you – it will degrade over time and you will have reused material which otherwise may have find its way either in the trash or in your compost bin. Why not turn these into planting pots?

Well, watch the video to learn how and we’re sure you will love this so much that you will soon forget about the heavy ceramic or terracotta pots.

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General Gardening Wisdom, Plant Care, Watering

Video – DIY Garden Hacks

 

Simple and quick – these will make your life so much easier

Have you ever wished for some miraculous garden hacks to ease your life in your garden?

Well, these hacks are actually not only practical, but completely doable and incredibly simple to implement.

They will save you a lot of time, effort, nerves and actually improve your plants’ lives along the way.

So, if you have always wanted to keep your plants watered, but didn’t have the time to build complicated irrigation system, you will find the solution to that one. If you wanted to protect your young seedlings from frost, but didn’t know how – that one will also be answered.

You will find many more tips and tricks and you will love each and every one of them.

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General Gardening Wisdom

Kids’ Safety

 

Be extra cautious and educate your kids about farm / outdoors life

There are so many reasons why a farm or outdoors in general is a healthy place for our kids to grow up, but there are also reasons why most of us, as parents, need to be more attentive and careful when they are outside the safety of the house.

On a farm there are animals, machines, equipment, and sometimes even chemicals. You may not use pesticides and herbicides, but at least you may have to take care of your livestock’s health with certain medications.

All the above may not apply to a suburban garden, but the principle still applies.

All of these require that you are cautious and educate your kids on how to be careful themselves (if you’re not always there to keep an eye on them).

This article will give you some direction and guidance on what to do.

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Organic Gardening, Plant Care

Lettuce Seeds – How To Save Your Own

 

Don’t buy lettuce seeds each and every year. Save them yourself

Since lettuce seeds don’t cross-pollinate this means that the mother plant’s seeds will produce the same lettuce sort every year you plant it.

So, why not collect your own seeds if you already grow lettuce in your garden? It’s much more efficient and you won’t have to buy new seeds every time you want to grow lettuce.

Read further to learn how to collect and dry the seeds, and how to make sure they stay healthy till next year when you plant them. It takes care and attention but your efforts will be rewarded.

Below are all the steps  you need to follow in the right order.

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General Gardening Wisdom, Plant Care

Winter Prep Time for Your Soil

 

Without you preparing the soil for colder months, you may end up with a bad harvest next year

To avoid any future complication with regards to your next year’s harvest, you need to lay the ground (no pun intended) for your soil to prepare for the cold months, frost, sub-zero temperatures, etc.

If you’re at a loss about how much you have to do for your soil, the article below will show you the way. There are several handy tips which you can implement right away.

And mind you, don’t wait too long, you better start with the prep work now before winter knocks on your door.

And keep in mind, you may have to follow some counter-intuitive steps but you will learn why they better be done. You can handle the situation as long as you follow the experts’ advice below.

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Compost

Video – Easy Worm Farm System

 

Learn why you don’t need any fertilizer, but simply worms, for your garden

Many gardeners know that worms are highly beneficial critters, and the soil will be completely exhausted if they didn’t have worms.

As worms eat organic matter they leave the most beneficial and nutritious juices behind digesting the food. These juices are so concentrated with nutrients for your plants that in large amounts they can burn the plants.

In the video that follows you will learn why you will need nothing else but these juices to fertilizers your plants. You will also learn why it’s such a perfect system that you won’t need anything else, but worms for your plants.

Furthermore, you’ll also learn how to build a simple and cheap system for growing worms, and also how to collect their nutritious juices. Don’t forget to dilute the juices because they are very strong.

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Compost

Video – Compost Your Chickens’ Manure

 

It’s time you start composting chicken manure, for a free fertilizer

Being gardeners we all know how to compost organic matter. But are we used to composting our farm animals’ manure? How many of you do that?

Have you ever considered the fact that chicken manure can be incredibly nutritious and beneficial for the soil? Well, if you haven’t, here’s some food for thought.

In the following video you will learn what makes chicken manure a perfect fertilizer. You’ll learn how to compost it and turn it into clean fresh-smelling compost (should smell like soil).

All of this will take a little of your time, but reward plenty of nutrients for your garden plants. It’s worth that time spent.

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Compost

Video – A Few Great Composting Secrets Revealed

 

Find out how seasoned gardeners prepare their compost

Composting organic matter is a gardening art. People love to do it, because it feels like alchemy. You take one thing and then it transforms into another. It’s a fascinating process.

Many gardeners don’t stick to just one composting practice, but learn from each other and share tips and techniques.  This allows them to broaden their knowledge, something that offers multiple approaches to a single topic.

In this video you will see that there are indeed many different ways to make compost. You are free to apply and experiment with any of these and decide what works best for you.

The beauty of one of the techniques is, that once you set up the organic matter into the compost, you don’t have to do anything else.

You don’t need to water it now and then, nor do you have to take a look at it to make sure everything is going as it should. The process maintains itself, because of way the initial set-up was done.

Watch further and be amazed!

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Herbs

The Benefits Of Growing Certain Herbs

 

Make these sturdy herbs part of your garden and a health life

Growing herbs is fascinating. These small plants with strong flavors are full to the brim with various nutrients and a huge amount of antioxidants. They produce less than other plants, but it’s so powerful that just a small pinch is enough to bring vitality to your day.

If you’ve always wanted to have your own herb garden, it’s time to stop delaying and wasting time, and actually get to do it.

The following article features some herbs which require little attention. Even if you don’t plan on consuming these herbs, you can make some essential oils for aromatherapy or other health-related benefits.

Also, keep in mind that you don’t need a huge garden. You can also consider growing these herbs in containers, as part of your container garden.

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Plant Care, Watering

Do You Leave Trees Thirsty During Winter?

 

Learn how to pick up signs of insufficient water in the soil during the cold months

Winter and snow goes hand in hand. Snow is frozen water. So, how come your trees may end up thirsty during winter. Well, depending on the particular winter, there may not be enough snow, or the soil may get dry too quickly.

Sub-zero temperatures causes water to evaporate. That may sound weird, but, as a reminder, the driest place on Earth is Antarctica.

To avoid insufficient watering for your trees, read the article below, and understand what to do to retain moisture in the soil as long as possible.

Learning these practices will keep your trees happy, and not entirely drained out by the end of the winter season.

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