Garden & Lawn

Planting a vegetable garden can be a fun way to keep busy on the weekends, and vegetables can be a nice compliment to any home cooked meal. Home nurtured vegetables have the potential to add some...

A lot has been written on the subject of companion planting. Flowers and herbs in vegetable gardens have traditionally been mixed to give protection from insects or provide nutrients or other...

Growing a vegetable garden is a very rewarding experience. Deciding to grow your own garden will do two things for you: It will allow you to grow healthy summer vegetables and it will get you to...

Vegetable weevils are a type of garden pest that attacks leafy garden plants. An elusive pest that is hard to catch in action, the adult vegetable weevil resembles an everyday beetle, but has a...

Glyphosate is the most effective herbicide for eradicating zoysia grass. If zoysia grass is encroaching upon or springing up in your vegetable garden, you must take care that the herbicide does...

Though raised vegetable beds may be less plagued by weeds than traditional ground-level beds, weeds can still be a problem. Improperly rotted compost and some mulches can deposit weed seeds in the...

Mulch is a non-growing cover that you spread over the ground and around cultivated plants. It provides moisture retention, helps resist weeds and gives your garden a finished look.

Vegetable seeds represent the inception of human community-building. Before ancient people were able to plant gardens and raise food themselves, they were vulnerable to the whims of nature as...

Sowing vegetable seeds at the right time can be tricky. Early planting in the spring runs the risk of exposing tender seedlings to frost, as does planting in the autumn. But planting too late in...

Before you can transplant young vegetable plants into your garden, you must ensure the soil will provide the ultimate growing medium. The best soil preparation techniques are not expensive and do...

You've worked hard on your vegetable garden, and your plants are thriving during the warm days and cool nights. But when the nights go from cool and comfortable to cold and frigid, you need to...

One of the most basic garden care tasks is weeding. Weeds in a flower or vegetable garden are a problem because they compete with your plants for growing space, water and nutrients in the soil....

Knowing when to fertilize vegetable plants helps ensure a successful harvest at the end of their growing season. There are different methods for fertilizing vegetable plants at different stages of...

Fertilizing your gardens may make your plants grow larger and produce more vegetables and flowers. These plants need certain nutrients to grow, and your soil may or may not have all the nutrients...

When establishing and maintaining a home vegetable garden, chicken manure is one of the best soil amendments, fertilizers and composts around. For one thing, it is organic and can be used in place...

For gardeners in the northern hemisphere, November traditionally seems like the time to throw a blanket over the vegetable patch and let it sleep until spring. But gardening in late autumn yields...

Vegetable gardens have a tendency to deplete nutrients and build populations of pest insects and pathogenic organisms during the growing season, so the off season must be used to replenish and...

Carrots seem to be a taken-for-granted vegetable in the grocery store. Most of the time, they're inexpensive, easily available and, well, boring. Carrots pulled fresh from the garden are another...

One of the greatest obstacles to a healthy garden is poor soil. Despite the old adage, "Bloom where you are planted," garden plants need a little help contending with rock-hard clay. Clay inhibits...

Fungus gnats are any number of insects from the order Diptera. These tiny winged creatures are a colossal headache for commercial greenhouse keepers as well as home gardeners who start vegetable...

Topsoil is the soil on the earth's surface where most vegetation grows. Topsoil contains organic matter consisting of humus, clay, and sand (See References 1). Topsoil is sometimes sold as "loam"...

While manure adds nutrients to the garden soil, the most important benefit of adding composted cow manure to a vegetable garden is as a soil conditioner. It will help sandy soil retain moisture,...

Companion planting in a vegetable gardening bases your garden layout on which plants do well next to others. A portion of this strategy looks at the natural properties of flowering plants and...

More people are growing their own vegetables in indoor and outdoor gardens. Some of the most popular home vegetable crops are various types of beans and peas. Although bean and pea seeds are sold...

If you don't own a greenhouse, but still want the benefit of starting vegetable seeds ahead of your growing season, a cold frame can be an easy solution. A cold frame acts as a miniature...

Growing your own vegetable garden is a healthy and rewarding hobby. Tending a garden alleviates stress, providing a fresh-air escape from life's pressures. Further, you have the comfort of knowing...

When you purchase your seeds, you will typically not need to plant all of the seeds that come in the seed packet. Instead of throwing them out you can store them by freezing them for use the...

Vegetable gardening is hard, healthy work which usually pays off in an abundance of nutritious, delicious food for the family table. It can be extremely frustrating if the garden does not yield...

Nothing can be more frustrating to a gardener than an insect infestation in your vegetable garden. Weeks, sometimes months, of hard work can be ruined thanks to tiny bugs eating away at your...

Growing vegetables in a home garden not only helps the environment, but it saves money as well. Since many people do not have a large yard in which to plant a vegetable garden, container gardening...

Victory Gardens were a thing of the Depression Era. But with the way the economy is going now, it's only common sense to start planning a new "Victory Garden" for the new millennium.

Gardening doesn't stop when the growing season ends. You can remove the seeds from your crop throughout the year, and enjoy your vegetables again by growing them the next year. Seed-saving helps...

If you have happily stepped out into your garden, only to discover that the juicy, red tomato that you wanted to pick for your sandwich has already been eaten---you may want to consider a...

Hanging vegetable plants are great when you have very little space or even if you just do not have the time to plant a full garden. Hanging vegetables are becoming very popular, but they are not...

Using coffee grounds in your garden helps your vegetable plants grow. Many plants thrive on the grounds, and reusing them in your garden makes for a green lifestyle. Adding acceptable 'dry browns'...

You can enjoy many do-it-yourself gardening projects, whether you have a home with a yard or you live in an apartment. Garden projects are ways for you to pass time and enjoy planting and growing,...

Radicchio is a leafy vegetable that is reddish in color with white vines. It has a bitter taste, but is a good addition to a variety of salads and loses its bitterness when it is grilled, fried...

Growing a vegetable garden can be quite easy, if you plant inside of containers. It is a perfect solution for those who don’t have the time to tend to a large garden or for those who do not have...

Explains how to make a natural garden compost fertilizer for your yards flower or vegetable garden.

This article discusses the tools, containers, seeds and other basic information that will help the beginner grow vegetables in containers. After reading this article the new vegetable gardener...

A successful vegetable garden yields healthy produce, is free of weeds and pests, and is pleasing to the eye. While learning how to create a bountiful vegetable garden can take years of trial and...

Now is the time to start planning your fall vegetable garden and enjoying the "fruits" (or vegetables) of your labor!! Here are some tips to get you started.

Compost is an incredibly useful and environmentally friendly way to make the most of the food you purchase. Not only does it reduce the amount of waste that gets disposed of, but it also converts...

Root rot can affect just about every plant you can think of growing in your home vegetable garden. Various organisms can cause root rot but the results are basically the same. The plant will...

Fall can be a productive time in the garden. The intense heat and occasional drought conditions of summer have passed, so plant stress is reduced. The cooling weather and generally sunny...

Powdery mildew affects such a wide range of plants but most notably those that are in the broadleaf category such as squash and different varieties of plants in the pea families. If your plants...

Snails and slugs affect just about everything you can grow in your home vegetable garden. They are both slimy and to keep that moist outter texture they need a nice moist environment and that...

Pests are, well, pests. They can wreak havoc on your home vegetable garden, if you are not careful and do you due dillegence in keeping them at bay. More importantly though is repelling them in...

New gardeners and avid gardeners alike enjoy receiving seed catalogues in the mail. Several good old time reliable seed companies still continue to send free seed catalogs in the mail even though...

When the sun begins to warm the ground in the spring, all gardeners want to plant seeds they purchased over the winter. Knowing when to plant those seeds will make the difference between having...