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What Can You Plant with Cilantro? A Complete Companion Planting Guide
Cilantro is a beginner-friendly plant for gardeners, but with the right companions, this beloved herb can really flourish. Companion planting helps with: Pest control Preventing early bolting Improving soil fertility There are so many reasons to plant cilantro with...
What is the Strawberry Life Cycle?
Nothing beats the flavor of a freshly picked strawberry from your own garden. But growing them – from seed, bare root or otherwise – requires patience and care. Understanding this plant’s life cycle can help you give it everything it needs to produce delicious fruit...
What Vegetables Can I Grow In The Winter?
When most people think of gardening, they think of summer. Why? Because gardening stops when the cold winter arrives, right? Wrong! Did you know that you can still grow vegetables in the cold months? In fact, many veggies actually taste better after frost. ...
Raised Garden Bed Cover: Extending Your Growing Season
Wouldn’t it be nice to extend your growing season and enjoy cold-hearty vegetables just a little bit longer this year? With the right raised garden bed cover, you can do just that. But what type of cover should you choose? And do you really need one in your vegetable...
Installing Drip Irrigation for Raised Beds + Checklist
Drip irrigation for raised beds puts an end to dried-out plants, slow or non growth and hours of manual watering. If you want your vegetable garden to thrive, you need to water it diligently. Home gardeners put a lot of time and effort into composting, planning out...
The Benefits of Worm Castings
Whether you’re a new or seasoned home gardener, you know that soil health is the key to success when growing, well, anything. There are endless soil amendments, including the most famous of all: compost (i.e., black gold). But what about worm castings? What are the...
Mushroom Compost Guide: What it is, The Benefits and How Much to Add
To grow a lush garden, you need nutrient-rich soil. Regular compost will do the trick, but it’s not the only option. Mushroom compost can act as both a soil conditioner and a mulch to feed your plants and help retain moisture. In this mushroom compost guide, we’ll...
How To Start Composting For Beginners
What’s the secret to a healthy, fruitful garden? Nutrient-rich soil. What’s the simplest way to get nutrient-rich soil naturally and without spending a fortune? Compost. In this guide, we’ll share how to start composting for beginners, what not to compost and common...
How to Build a DIY Raised Garden Bed
To DIY or not to DIY – that is the question that many new gardeners ask when planning their raised bed garden. Should you build your own beds, or buy one you can just put together? The truth is that both options are really simple. It’s all a matter of personal...
How To Level A Raised Garden Bed for Better Drainage
Raised bed gardening takes a lot of work to get set up, and you need to do everything right from the start. Improper drainage is one of the things that can happen if your bed isn’t properly leveled from the start. You can add perlite to your bed, soil amendments, and...
How Much Perlite To Add to Raised Beds AND Fixing Your Drainage
Your raised garden bed soil isn’t “natural.” Instead, you’ve added your own potting mix, raised bed soil, compost and more into your bed. However, one issue that you may run into is drainage. Perlite can help you improve your bed’s drainage by adding this little...