Changing Landscape Zones 10A from 9B
Did you realize the USDA changed and updated the landscape zone map in November 2023? Calling all amateur gardeners, it’s…
Are banana peels healthy for plants? Go bananas!
Banana peels help strengthen a plant’s defenses in two ways. First, the scent can be extracted by soaking peels and then transferring the scented water to a spray bottle to apply to plants and bushes susceptible to aphids, mites, and white flies. The scent discourages these pests and protects the plant.
The joy of gardening
The chore of yard maintenance is stealing the joy of gardening from me. Maybe I’m not a gardener at heart?…
Showing Your Home’s Beautiful Fall Color Design!
It’s time to dress up your house for a new season. Fall officially started September 23rd. and you are an official fall scrooge if you haven’t begun to break out the Fall decorations. Not much has changed in Florida where our temperatures remain in the high 80s. But it’s time to start breaking out the pumpkins and changing over to the festive orange, yellow, and brown colors around the house. These are my picks for Fall wreaths, signs, lights, and even door mats!
A Winter Garden Vegetable Season
The winter garden season kicks off in September for the southeastern US states. The rest of the country plans for…
Best Garden Tools for Growing a Patio Garden
The best garden tools are essential to developing beautiful garden blooms. You will work twice as hard if you compromise on your garden tools. I buy quality garden tools that keep me working smart for years.
Essential Oil Mosquito Spray
This essential oil mosquito spray is easy to assemble and lasts a long time. The cost to make your own repellent is just about half the cost of the commercial, chemical-laden cans, and this is so much safer for the family.
The Perfect Self-Watering Garden Container
You can build the perfect self-watering garden container for vegetables, herbs, or fruit trees. The Earthbox and Grow Box are popular with container gardeners. But the resourceful DIY gardener can build a self-watering pot using odds and ends around the house. Self-watering pots guarantee you won’t have to water every day and your plants won’t dry up because you are out of town.
Growing Ginger in the Edible Garden
That ginger root from the grocery store can be rooted and can grow into a beautiful, flowering plant in the…
