Starting off your garden with healthy soil can be the best defense against those pesky garden bugs. Healthy and well-nourished plants will be hardier and therefore better able to prevent pests from taking hold. To give your garden the best chance of yielding the healthiest plants, start with a high-quality soil that has fewer chemicals […]

Your plants need to adapt and must be gradually introduced to changes in temperature or condition. Leave them outside in sunlight for a couple of hours on the initial day. Slowly, day after day, you can leave your plants outside for a little longer. By weeks end, you should have plants that are ready for […]

Start your plants in some pots and plant its seedlings in the garden. Once the plant is hardy enough, plant it in your garden. Seeds can’t always thrive in gardens, and are often eaten by birds. Your next crop of seedlings will be started and ready to be planted immediately after you remove your last […]

Choose perennials that slugs are not attracted to. Slugs and snails can decimate a plant in one night. They tend to enjoy perennials that have thin, smooth, tender leaves, especially those of young plants. There are, however, certain types of perennials that slugs and snails hate. Most of these varieties either have tough leaves or […]

You don’t need a costly chemical solution to deal with powdery mildew in your garden. Try mixing a little liquid soap with some baking soda in water. Once a week, spray this solution on your plants and your mildew should disappear in no time. Your plants will not be harmed by the baking soda, but […]

Clay soil can be very hard to work with, and you will often find that it sticks to the shovel. To make the clay soft so you aren’t working as hard, take floor or car wax and rub a light coat on the surface of the shovel using a clean cloth, then buff the surface. […]

Do not improperly lay your new sod. Before the sod can be laid, you should prepare the soil. Do some weeding if necessary, then break the soil until it is no longer packed. Next, you want to make the soil compacted by applying light but firm pressure. Make sure the soil creates a flat surface. […]

Your plants will respond better to gradual changes of environment. Place them outside in the sunlight for an hour or two on the first day. Over a period of several days, slowly increase the time they are allowed to stay outside. By weeks end, you should have plants that are ready for a permanent home […]

Learn about plant varieties so you can choose the ones with the best yields. A lot of times a hybrid that will tolerate cold weather or disease will give you a higher output than heirlooms. TIP! Plants that result in a larger yield should be higher on your priority list when planning the garden. A […]

Try using annuals and biennials to add color to your flower beds, and brighten them up. You can use biennial and annual flowers to brighten the bed, and let you change how it looks. Use them to fill gaps between shrubs and perennials in the sun. Some examples include sunflowers, marigolds, petunias, hollyhocks, cosmos, and […]