If you’ve ever grown these pretty plants, you know exactly what I mean. They’re perfectly happy in a pot or in the ground just doing their thing. Whether you prune them or not, they’ll keep on blooming. There is a lot to love about nasturtiums. One of my favorite things is that you can pretty much plant them and forget them. With little input from me, they’ll bloom and bloom all season long....
We arrived here in rural Rhode Island in time to catch the end of spring, and now summer is slipping into autumn. In these three months I can’t say that I have metamorphosed into a master gardener like Penelope Hobson or that our five New England acres in any way resemble the great gardens she created at Tintinhull. Still, I have learned some things that I would like to share with you....
With the explosion of hydroponics, indoor growing, and the LED grow light industry, it’s no surprise that there are a ton of companies in the market right now. Table of Contents A few years ago, LEDs were all the rage and companies were touting incredible yields with low energy costs… It wasn’t completely false, but the marketing claims were far greater than the lights actually produced in practice. These days, the LED grow light industry has matured from both a product and marketing perspective....
1. Scary Terracotta Plant Pots A nerve-racking twist to standard terracotta pots can be a way to add a spooky decor to your indoor garden. The unique face features can attract a lot of people to admire your creativity. Follow it here. 2. DIY Skull Planter Get a resin skull, or to make this craft easier, a styrofoam or cardboard skull and start making this DIY planter. 3. Creepy Doll Head Planters Transform beautiful dolls into creepy planters for your eerie Halloween and Holiday tabletop decoration....
One of the most common questions that I get from beginner hydroponic gardeners is: Table of Contents Can you use tap water for hydroponics? It’s a good question! When you’re just starting out, you want to get up and running quickly. Your other options for water are all more complex than just using water straight out of the tap: Distilled (costly)Reverse Osmosis (costly, wastes water to produce)Filtered (requires extra gear) It’s no surprise that people want to use tap water for their hydroponic gardens....
Basil is an essential and dynamic herb for many dishes. For the home cook, having easy access to fresh basil can elevate your tomato dishes, stews, and soups. Innovative cooks have utilized basil to create herbal vinegar dressings for salads, made fritters out of the flower stalks, and even steeped the leaves for a refreshing tea. These flavors can be missed once the growing season has ended, so let’s explore growing basil indoors!...
Feijoa or pineapple guava is a large and attractive evergreen shrub that is native to South America. It belongs to the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) and is widely known with the name of guaiabo, pineapple guava, guavasteen. However, it is not real guava and generally grown for its ornamental values and sweet, aromatic fruits that taste like a combination of guava, pineapple, and mint. USDA Zones— 8 to 11 Difficulty— Easy...
They can be grown as perennials in USDA Hardiness Zones 7-10, and annuals in other temperate areas, so they bring versatility too! Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) are the life of the garden party, bringing sweet fragrance, height, bold splashes of color, and unique bloom shapes. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. The best way to propagate them is via their tiny seeds, and we’ll discuss exactly how to do that below....
It’s important to understand that these black succulents are not entirely black but dark. Some are deep burgundy, and some are dark maroon or purple. They’re exotic and incredibly beautiful. 1. Black Rose Scientific Name: Aeonium arboreum ‘Zwarktop’ The rosette of Zwarktop has a dark-purple shade with a waxy texture, giving it a shiny, black look and making it one of the best black succulents to grow. Its leaves turn dark when the plant is exposed to direct sunlight....
When first getting into hydroponics and urban gardening, I had no clue where to start. There wasn’t a really great source of information online…at least not one I could find. That’s part of the reason I created Epic Gardening in the first place. Table of Contents I turned to books to learn the bulk of my knowledge – and quickly found out that there are a ton of really great beginner resources for hydroponics…if you’re willing to go old school and flip through some pages....
Well, the way that you harvest, process, and store your nuts can have a huge effect on the quality and quantity that you are able to enjoy from your tree, so it’s important to know the best techniques. So, you’ve planted your almond tree following our handy guide packed full of growing recommendations, thanks to which you now have a beautiful and bountiful crop. Now the question is, how and when is best to harvest your almonds to make the most of them?...
USDA Zones: 8-11 Propagation Method: Seeds, Cutting, Grafting Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Soil Type: Acidic Height: Up to 15 feet Other Names: Citrus japonica, Fortunella, Cumquat Kumquat tree produces fragrant flowers in late spring, followed by small citrus fruit in the fall. Fruits look similar to oranges but come to the size of a plum. The flavor is a combination of sweetness and bitterness. If you’re growing kumquat tree between zone 9-11, it will grow easily....
Planting during the fall can be very rewarding to a lot of gardeners. Most annuals can be planted during the fall to yield beautiful flowers throughout the year. Annuals can be defined broadly as a type of plant that completes its full life cycle in one year or one growing season. These plants go through the different stages from being a seed to growing roots, stems and leaves, then flowering, then returning to a seed in one year....
They’re beautiful animals. Stumbling upon and startling a doe in the wild is an exhilarating moment; she takes off like lightning and bounds effortlessly through undergrowth and treelines alike. I’ve even seen a doe clear a two-lane road in a single bound. I’m torn on this one. On the one hand, I understand the indiscriminate hunger of deer and the damage they can do to a landscape, or your carefully tended garden....
Peppermint plant is a hybrid between watermint (Mentha aquatica) and spearmint (M. spicata). It has a strong sweetish fragrance and leaves a cool aftertaste when consumed orally. Growing it is similar to other mint varieties. Peppermint oil has many culinary, cosmetic, medicinal, and odorous uses. But do you know you can use it in the garden as well? Find out some of the best Peppermint Oil Uses in this post!...
Succulents have a wide morphologic variability. Just one genus can have hundreds of species with their own physical distinctions. Among these is the Faucaria genus, which contains a curious little succulent that’s unlike anything you’ve seen before. A truly unique plant, Faucaria tuberculosa, looks like it stepped out of a horror movie and into your garden! Table of Contents Nicknamed “tiger jaws,” Faucaria tuberculosa grows rosettes that look like jaws open wide....
Beautiful in wildflower gardens, gaura lindheimeri is more commonly known as Lindheimer’s beeblossom. Named after the German-born botanist Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer, gaura plant is from the family Onagraceae. Table of Contents The white flowers or pink flowers it produces look like butterflies, and it’s got a long blooming season. Drought-tolerant, this garden perennial looks best when it’s allowed to sprawl out and naturalize. It’s good for xeriscaping as well! A warm weather loving species, the butterfly plant is well worth adding to your garden beds....
If you’re looking for a little guidance, read on. We’re about to get into the weeds when it comes to elderberry fertilizer. If you want a beautiful plant and a full harvest of tart and tangy elderberries, adding fertilizer is a task you can’t put off if you want to enjoy the fruits of your labor to the fullest. Fertilizing will not only help your plant grow to its full potential, with big, fragrant flowers and healthy foliage, it will also help to promote a healthy and abundant berry harvest....
How do you plant potatoes in a way that maximizes their production? Potatoes are a garden favorite that are easy to grow but require a little advance planning. But when you grow potatoes, spacing is key. Let’s talk about the best spacing for a bountiful harvest! Potato Plant Growth Despite growing underground, potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) aren’t root vegetables, they’re tubers – starchy, thick, underground stems. And unlike roots that burrow further into the soil, potato tubers grow up and out of the soil....
They are small, red – brown grain having a mildly sweet taste with a hint of hazelnut. Adzuki beans are grown in the East Asia as well as in Australia and America. USDA Zones— 4 – 11 Diffculty— Easy Soil Type — Neutral Propagation This plant grows easily from seed and has many varieties. Choose a variety according to your zone and growing conditions. Planting Wait until the last frost expected is over....
