It’s going to be a busy football-watching weekend (we’re talking American football here and playoffs to determine who goes to the Super Bowl), but what if you’re not into sports? Rather than burying your head in the sand all weekend to avoid the football frenzy, why not bury your nose in these lenses and start planning a spring garden? After all, it’ll be time to start planting those early crops before you know it – just about when your sports lover’s interest turns to college basketball and March Madness (sigh).
Gardening In January? Baby, It’s Cold Outside! Gardening isn’t the top thing on our minds in January, but there are a few things we could be doing this month to help our gardens get off to a good start in a couple of months. There aren’t so many January ga…
2. When to Plant Early Spring Vegetables in Zone 5
If you live in zone 5, here is a schedule of what you can plant and when you can plant it. There are some cool weather crops that can be planted in the spring, just as soon as it is warm enough to get outside and work the ground. These crops include arugul…
Although the traditional vegetable garden layout is for the vegetables to be set out in long rows, your garden need not follow these traditions. I have chosen, like many other home gardeners, to use raised vegetable garden beds where the vegetables can be…
4. Lasagna Gardening Method – The Easy Way To Garden
If you are searching for an easier way to garden this year then you may want to consider the Lasagna Gardening Method. This gardening method was designed to be easy on the back and allows you to jump right in without having to weed or till your garden plot…
After watching an amazing documentary, called ‘Fat, Sick And Nearly Dead’, I decided that I should start to incorporate juicing into my daily/weekly routine and begin my journey by sowing carrots. This documentary inspired me to pick up the juicing phenome…
Tips For Growing Spinach Growing spinach is fairly easy and can be done no matter what part of the country you live in. Being low to the ground, 10 to 12 inches at maturity, it is a good plant to use at the edges of your home garden. Spinach’s dark green,…
7. January is Mail Order Gardening Month
The gardening season starts with planning your garden and ordering seeds. For many, January is a slow, cold, bleak month with thoughts of spring still far off. What better way to improve your mood and outlook than planning your garden? Seed and garden cata…
