Growing Peppers
As a heat-loving South American fruit, pepper plants require plenty of warmth and sunlight to thrive. They are such a popular garden plant and the cultivars are endless ranging from bite-sized to multi-pound, from fiery hot to sweet and savory.…
The best tips for your home herb garden
An herb garden can grow in many different ways: a kitchen garden, an aroma/fragrance garden, or a few particularly aesthetic specimens for decorative and useful elements. As different as herbs and their needs may be, these tips will help you cultivate and use your herbs more easily. Herbs with edible and decorative flowers Especially among the biennial herbs, there are many species with decorative, yet tasty, flowers. For example, the pretty…
Varieties of Catnip Plants
The world of catnips can be confusing for laymen. After all, there are numerous varieties that differ in terms of their flowering time, flower colour, growth size, location requirements and resistance. Here you get an overview of the best varieties.…
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The squash vine borer (Melittia satyriniformis) is a potentially devastating to squash plants and other cucurbit plants. The key to preventing their damage is recognizing them early and taking action. Identifying the Squash Vine Borer Even the most observant gardener may not know the squash vine borer is present in their garden. Unfortunately, much damage can occur to plants before they know. Learning what the adult, eggs, and the larvae…
How to Stake Cucumbers the Easy, Inexpensive Way
It’s spring, and time to get your cucumbers in the ground. But after tilling, weeding and amending the soil, there’s one more decision to make. Should you stake your cukes? Letting them sprawl seems like a timesaver now, but you’ll…
Herb Garden in a Raised Bed – How to Build It, Step By Step
Small gardens, hillside gardens, or gardens with unfavorable soil for herbs can still be used as herb gardens – all you have to do is create the right conditions. To this end, raised beds are perfect as they can host a variety of different herbs. What’s better: raised beds of wood or stone? Simple, raised beds can be constructed from wooden planks which are connected at angles and fixed to…