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Tips on how to create a wildflower cottage garden from seed, with perennials, or by cultivating wild plants. A planting style that’s as beautiful and eco-friendly as it is low-maintenance Ornamental gardens come in all shapes, sizes, and styles, but one of the classic styles is a cottage garden. Overflowing with foliage and color, they’re…
A printable Fall Gardening Checklist including autumn gardening tasks for plant care, soil care, garden tools, wildlife gardening, and lawn While a lot of people think that the garden winds down after the last day of summer, that couldn’t be further from the truth. The tasks change, the temperature drops, but there are more things…
Soil that’s too acidic or too alkaline can create a challenging environment for crops to grow. Here’s the easiest way to test soil pH and amend it organically. One of the last things you might think about in your edible garden is testing soil pH. Generally measured on a scale from 3 to 10, soil…
Elderberry jelly recipe with elderberries, lemon juice, sugar, and pectin. Makes an excellent preserve that can be served in both sweet and savory dishes This time of the year, hedgerows are beginning to fill with autumn bounty. Rose-hips, crab apples, mushrooms, blackberries, and one of my favorites — elderberries. Rich in vitamin C and sweet…
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,…
Get multiple harvests when you grow baby salad greens as cut-and-come-again. All you need is a shallow container, compost, and seeds No matter your growing space, anyone can grow baby salad leaves at home. Using this method, you can get up to four harvests of greens, all for the cost of just one bag of…
How to extract honey from the comb: a small-scale beekeeper shares the full process of taking honey from the hives and extracting it into jars. After toiling long and hard over the summer, honeybees will have stored up a supply of honey that will last them through the winter. In fact, they will often overproduce…
Tips on how gardeners can help hedgehogs in the garden. Includes ideas for creating shelter, creating access, and avoiding metaldehyde slug pellets Hedgehogs are adorable creatures that make us smile with their bumbling natures. They’re also very welcome in our gardens since they emerge at night to tuck into slugs, snails, and other invertebrates. Even…
There are many ways to make compost but this is the easiest way. All you need is a bin, a mixture of brown and green waste, and a little bit of time. The easiest way to make compost is by keeping it simple and using what you already have. Unfortunately, there are a lot of…