A lot of specialty seeds need light to germinate, but it never occurred to me that vegetable seeds…
In the good old days, commercial potting soil (media) contained no added fertilizer. Today, more and…
Gardeners normally talk about “teaspoons” of fertilizer when they make up fertilizer…
Monarch butterflies and milkweed plants share a special bond. Monarchs rely on milkweed to lay their…
Many gardeners have noticed that grass is greener and plants look healthier after a good rain. They…
Gardeners claim that nitrogen levels in the soil increase after rain. Water floating down through…
How much light should tomato seedlings get? If you give them too little, they will become tall…
It used to be very common to add drainage material, such as rocks, Leca, or clay pot shards in the…