Tomatoes are a favorite garden plant and for a good reason. Whether you’re growing your own or buying them at the supermarket, there are lots of reasons to choose this versatile vegetable. Tomatoes are loaded with healthy nutrients, low in calories, and are a good source of the antioxidant lycopene. They are versatile for cooking […]
What Kind of Mulch for Vegetable Garden?
Mulches surely help a lot in cultivating fine quality crops in your vegetable garden. However, you will find a plethora of different materials you can utilize as mulches. The problem is, how can you choose the best mulch for your vegetable garden. Lucky for you, this post got you covered! Keep in mind that there’s […]
How to Plant Seeds in Seed Trays?
Do you always buy expensive seedlings that are then repotting in your garden? Did you know that you can actually plant your own seeds in seed trays and make your own seedlings? The only thing that you need to know is that there are a couple of things that you need to know in order […]
How to Fertilize Hibiscus Plants?
There is nothing more beautiful than a huge hibiscus plant that is flowering. Flowers everywhere. Colorful, huge flowers. There are many people all over the world that love this plant. But, because this is a delicate plant, it can be hard to grow successfully so that it can flower. But the moment that you are […]
What is the Best Potting Soil for Indoor Plants?
If you have indoor plants, and plants that are in pots, then you can’t use the same soil as what plants are using outdoors. This might be the main reason why your plants don’t do great indoors. This might be because your plants don’t have the right potting soil. With this article, you will get […]
How to Grow Herbs from Seeds?
Do you need seedlings in order to grow herbs? Or, can you make use of seed to grow herbs successfully? This is something that many new herb growers are asking. There are some of the herbs that will need to be seedlings before they can grow, while other herbs can be grown from seed. With […]
Self-Sufficient Seedlings
Over the past few weeks I have been slowly planting up some of the varieties we hope to grow in the garden this year. I’ve got about 20 types of chillies (I’m in a chilli growing competition, more on that soon), as well as tomatoes, beans, beetroot, and cucumber. I’ve also put in some sunflowers […]
Ikea Växer Update
I think hydroponics are my new favorite form of growing. Okay, I lie, I don’t think I will ever fully handover the ‘hands in dirt’ feeling of digging around in the garden, but for now hydroponics hold my heart. The reason for this? I’ll get to that…* Here we are, a month on or so, […]
Ikea Ivar Växer Hack – Hydroponic Hq
As you may have read previously, I’ve decided to give hydroponics a go. The main reason for this is because I would like to enjoy fresh herbs and greens in the winter months. But given that vegetables and salad leaves are wildly expensive in Switzerland, I might extend that to year round if it is […]
First Gardening Day Of 2018
Yesterday I pulled on my wellies and headed out into the muddy mess that is my garden. I’ve not be able to get out sooner on account of the snow and the newborn who was happily slumbering with his Mama inside the house. I was on a mission – build a border. We have an […]
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