How to Save Your Hanging Baskets
A couple of months ago I wrote an article on how to make a hanging basket for your yard. Mine looked great until powdery mildew came through and helped the hungry birds in taking out …
Written by: Lauren
Gardening
Not Your Garden Variety Perennials – How to Grow Unusual Herbs
Everyone is pretty familiar with the pros and cons of your garden variety perennial herbs like mints, oregano, marjoram, lavender, thyme, rosemary and so on. But there are some more unusual species that you might …
Written by: Lauren
Accessories, Gardening, Gear, Sponsored
Husky Water Resistant Leather Work Gloves – A Hands-On Look
This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. While work gloves aren’t the sexiest accessories around, they are a must-have item for workers in most of the construction trades, as well as DIYers and homeowners …
Written by: Phil
Tomato Growing Tips for the Best Sandwich Ingredients Ever
We all want tasty tomatoes, not the flavorless imitations sold in most stores. But I recently saw a garden meme that went something like this: “homegrown tomatoes: spending three months of your life to save …
Written by: Lauren
Summer Gardening – How to Keep Summer from Killing Your Garden
As the Beatles once sang: “Here comes the sun, the ice is slowly melting…” If you live in the North these days, you’re probably shaking off memories of abundant snow and still counting yourself fortunate to have …
Written by: Lauren
The Budget Friendly Garden – A Starter Guide
At one point or another, we’ve all suffered from a lack of funds. There’s still no reason why you can’t have a great garden if that happens to be the case. All budget gardening requires …
Written by: Lauren
Seeds vs Starts – Pros and Cons
Anyone who reads our garden articles on regular basis knows that I talk a lot about the cost-effectiveness of growing your own plants from seed. However, there are plenty of good reasons to use starts instead …
Written by: Lauren
The Choosy Gardener – How to Avoid Picking Bad Plants
Summer is upon us. If you didn’t get your seeds planted or your seedlings simply didn’t come up, it’s time to take that walk of shame to the garden center in search of plant starts (we …
Written by: Lauren
Growing Vegetables in Containers – Save Some Space
If you’re short on space but longing for tomatoes or strawberries with real flavor, container gardening can be the solution to your prayers. Likewise, if your yard is infested with nematodes that keep attacking your vegetables, …
Written by: Lauren
Echo, Gardening, Landscaping, Tools
Echo 58V Lawnmower Review – Kick The Can, Skip The Rope
For years, I’ve used an old Craftsman gas-powered mower. It cut pretty well, since I kept the blade sharp. As the years rolled by, though, it took more and more tugs on the starter rope …
Written by: Phil