? Kids Playing & Composting Autumn Leaves! ?
Composting leaves is an easy way to add nutrient rich material into your compost bin! Watch as Dale and the kids add in leaves to our compost bins and turn the compost.
Category: Growing Food
Beans (Pole): How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!
Pole beans yield 2-3 times more than bush beans from the same space, are easier to harvest, and many gardeners believe they are better tasting. Both types have similar requirements, except pole beans need a 5 to 8-foot-tall support.
Sweet Peppers: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!
Sweet peppers produce a variety of different colors and look beautiful out in your garden! These sweet peppers grow really well in the summer and thrive in our hot conditions. They are relatively pest-free and can actually help keep pests off other plants, making them a valuable companion plant.
Hot Peppers (Jalapeños): How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!
We grow a lot of peppers in the summer because they are really easy to grow and thrive in our hot conditions. They are relatively pest-free and can actually help keep pests off other plants, making them a valuable companion plant. This blog post talks about how you can plant and grow your own hot peppers (jalapenos)!
Bell Peppers: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!
Bell peppers produce a variety of different colors and look beautiful out in your garden! These sweet peppers grow really well in the summer and thrive in our hot conditions. They are relatively pest-free and can actually help keep pests off other plants, making them a valuable companion plant. It’s easy to grow your own bell peppers with our free mobile app! Learn more in the details below.
Banana Peppers: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!
Banana peppers, also known as yellow wax peppers, look a lot like bananas. These mild peppers are really easy to grow and thrive in our hot conditions. They are relatively pest-free and can actually help keep pests off other plants, making them a valuable companion plant.
New Zealand Spinach (Tetragonia): How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard Garden!
Tetragonia, better known as “New Zealand Spinach” is a great addition to a summer garden. When spinach and other greens are out of season, New Zealand spinach can step in and take its place in your garden and in your summer salads!
Insect Pests: How to Get Rid of Grasshoppers in Your Vegetable Garden!
Grasshoppers can consume an obscene amount of 1/2 their body weight in a day! This can account for a lot of damage fast if you have an infestation. Grasshoppers are brown in color with wings, large legs, and antennae.
Sage: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!
Sage is unique because of its history as a medicinal herb. It has been used as an anti-inflammatory and an antiseptic in the past. In addition to these health benefits, it will add a bounty of flavor to your dishes and lots of style to your garden.
Plums: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!
Although you will need to wait a few years until it gives you fruit, the plum tree is well worth the wait. The taste of a fresh plum off the tree is no comparison to others! There are many varieties of plums and they have different temperaments for your climate. The best zones to grow plum trees in are USDA Zones 3-8. This blog post talks about how you can grow your own plums with our free From Seed to Spoon mobile app!