Gardening

I have used several methods to support my tomatoes: Wire tomato trellis, Florida weave, and not supporting them at all and just letting them sprawl out on the ground. This method of stringing up tomatoes using a roller hook and tomato trellis clips is by …

One of the first beds we put in when we started our current garden 4 years ago was a dedicated strawberry bed. I started with a flat of strawberry plants from the garden store and the following year we put in another bed with bare …

This is the 6ft X 8ft One Stop Gardens Greenhouse sold by Harbor Freight. (I believe you can also purchase this one off Amazon.) We installed it about 11 months ago and I feel ready to give a review. We have installed a few key …

I live in the midwest, zone 5b. We have a solid 4 seasons including freezing temps and snow. It is not polar cold temps but most years we have months of freezing temperatures and accumulating snow. We do not heat our coop but we do …

I have seen this hack of using PVC pipes to make hoop house covers or to trellis plants in the garden, but I have never tried it. I have bought metal hoops from amazon- they completely collapsed. I have owned an expensive green house cover- …

I recently purchased this Hula Hoe or Stirrup Hoe as it also known. I have seen it used by many gardeners I follow online, and it seemed like a magical weeding device. I was hoping that by gently stroking it over my beds, all my …

Having chickens in our backyard was a long time dream of ours. When we first moved out of the city, one the thing we were looking for was a town that allowed backyard chickens. And you would be surprised how may suburban neighborhoods and cities …

Asparagus is an ancient power house and deserves a place in your garden. Yes I know it makes your pee smell funny but hey, it makes everyones pee smell funny. So who cares? (Yep that’s right even if you didn’t think your pee smelled after …

Weeds. You hate them, I hate them. If we can all agree on one thing, it is that weeds stink. I hate pulling weeds, and I hate when they mock me by growing up through my mulch or pea gravel as it to say, “is …

Not to get to graphic on you but probably one of the most common issues you will have with your chicks is pasty butt. We have found this to be an issue in the first 2 weeks and has since tapered off. If you would …

This year we decided to attempt to make our own maple syrup from the Silver Maple trees in our yard. I live in a typical midwest suburban neighborhood. I do not live in a wooded area, forrest or out in the country by any standard. …

There are not a ton of things I can plant in the fall in my zone (5b). But as we gear up for winter weather, we can plant hard neck garlic to harvest in the early summer. Hard neck garlic needs to freeze during its …