For a long-lasting display of spring blooms, layer bulbs in large pots and containers to create a bulb lasagne. This is a great fall gardening project and will set your garden or patio up for spring color. DIY video included. Though you may well have plans to plant bulbs in your flower beds and lawn, think about putting some in pots too. They look stunning in bloom and can also cheer you up on a cold March day. In planters, bulbs can be crowded in and layered and create displays that are more ... Read More about Easy tips for Layering bulbs to make a Bulb Lasagne
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Simple tips for How to make a Raised Garden Bed
How to make a raised garden bed including guidance on the best sizes, types of wood, and what to fill them with to grow vegetables. Includes an instructional video There are several ways to go about creating a vegetable garden, but if you have challenging ground or mobility issues, raised garden beds are the best. That's because they create an elevated space above your existing ground. A box that you don't have to lean down as far to tend, and in which you can control the growing medium. Since ... Read More about Simple tips for How to make a Raised Garden Bed
Tips for Starting a Soap Making Business
How I started Lovely Greens Handmade and tips to help you take your soap making hobby to the next level. Includes my five main tips for starting a soap making business There are two questions that I get asked more than any others – how did you end up on the Isle of Man, and how did you become a soap maker? Funnily enough, the two are related, but before we get to that, let’s talk about you. I’m guessing that you’re either interested in learning to make soap or to start a soap-making business. ... Read More about Tips for Starting a Soap Making Business
Edible Perennial Gardening: plant these 70+ edibles once and harvest for years
Edible perennial gardening is a way to grow delicious crops while saving time, money, and effort. Plant any of these 70+ perennial vegetables, fruit, or herbs once, and harvest from them for years. Also includes a video tour of perennial edibles at the end. Most of us grow edible crops from seeds or plants that we start in the growing year, harvest, then have to regrow all over again. That’s because many of our common vegetables die when we pick them or eventually perish by the time that cold ... Read More about Edible Perennial Gardening: plant these 70+ edibles once and harvest for years
5 Tips to Start your Urban Homestead
Tips and ideas to start your urban homestead, a tiny farm in the backyard. Lack of land does not have to stop you from living your dream right now. by Amber Bradshaw Have you ever dreamed of owning acres of land instead of feet? Waking up to the sound of a rooster crowing instead of an alarm beeping? Or milking a cow instead of milking the clock? Homesteading has been gaining a lot of popularity over the past several years to where it is almost trendy now to be a homesteader. People all ... Read More about 5 Tips to Start your Urban Homestead
