Are you building a new DIY garden installation, planting a new variety for the first time, or looking for pest and disease solutions? Here are some helpful garden how-to posts for you to find inspiration and answers.
While gardening is amazingly therapeutic, it can get a bit complicated sometimes. Whether you’re a first-time gardener or an experienced green thumb, we all need a little garden how-to help from time to time. You’ll find all the answers to your garden project questions right here.
Latest Garden How-To Posts
5 Super Simple DIY Potting Soil Recipes
High-quality potting soil is an essential element for success in container gardening, seed-starting, and growing houseplants. However, it can be quite costly to buy at your local plant nursery or garden supply store. Making your own potting soil will cut down on your gardening costs and allow you to customize your potting soil blend for various uses. Learn all you need to know about how to make DIY potting soil that’s perfectly tailored to your specific gardening needs.
How To Start Composting
Home composting is an excellent way to reduce waste, improve soil health, save money, and promote environmental sustainability. Learn how to start your own compost pile and have a positive impact on both your garden and the planet. When used correctly, compost makes your garden soil more stable and drought-resistant and helps your plants grow and thrive.
4 Easy Steps to Winterize Garden Beds
Learn how to winterize garden beds. Staying on top of your fall garden cleanup is crucial for maintaining the health of your perennial plants, shrubs, trees, and soil. However, clearing away every scrap of plant matter is not necessary or beneficial. In this post, you’ll find out how to winterize a garden while helping pollinators and other wildlife.
Easy Treatments for 5 Common Zucchini Pests
If you feel disheartened by a seemingly endless list of garden pests, don’t worry. There are plenty of simple solutions for most zucchini plant problems. Learn safe, natural ways to get rid of zucchini pests before they can damage your crops.
8+ Easy Remedies for Yellow Leaves on Tomato Plants
There are numerous potential reasons for tomato leaves turning yellow. This post covers some of the most common reasons for yellow leaves on tomato plants, how to resolve the problem, and ways to prevent these issues in the future. Whatever the cause, rest assured that there is usually a straightforward solution for the problem.
4 Super Easy DIY Plant Fertilizer Recipes
One of the most crucial aspects of gardening success is ensuring that your plants get the right balance of nutrients. This post will cover ways to make easy, inexpensive, organic DIY plant fertilizer as an alternative to buying pricey and potentially harmful commercial products.
How to Build a DIY Cold Frame
Cold frames are small, portable, solar-powered greenhouses. They protect plants from adverse weather conditions like cold temperatures, excessive rainfall, and hail. Learn how to make a cold frame with simple, readily available materials.