Learning how to identify pests on your plants is important for all gardeners but especially for new gardeners wanting to grow food organically. It’s never fun to be walking through your garden and to notice that something just isn’t right. You might notice large holes in your leaves or tiny holes. Or worse, maybe entire…
Learning how to grow kitchen herbs is where many beginner gardeners start. Kitchen herbs are easy to grow in a small space and most herbs are perfect to grow in containers. Many herbs will survive year after year and these herbs are the ones that present the most potential savings compared to their store bought…
Grow bag gardening might be a new concept for you as a beginner gardener. If you are not familiar with growing in grow bags, it’s very similar to container gardening – your containers are simply grow bags. Some gardeners, like me, love using grow bags as a supplement to their existing garden. While I do…
Understanding companion planting combinations is a very sought-after topic in gardening circles. But can one plant can actually help another plant? While the science is mixed, gardeners themselves say “yes.” Experienced gardeners love to employ companion planting to help repel harmful pests and avoid pesticides. But beginning gardeners find that it’s a great way to…
Warm season seeds need to be grown in a different way than crops that prefer cool weather. As a beginner gardener, it’s important to learn which warm season seeds you can get a head start with and begin growing indoors and which seeds are better to sow directly in your garden. Before we get to…
Cool season seeds need a different growing process than warm weather seeds. As beginner gardeners, we often only consider WHAT we want to grow instead of thinking about how those crops grow best. Often, we don’t take into consideration the full process of growing cool season crops. Will we start seeds indoors or will we…
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