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1 week ago | 
gardeningknowhow.com | Mary Ellen Ellis |Melanie Griffiths
Planting flowers with tomatoes will enhance the beauty of your vegetable garden, but has myriad additional benefits. The practice is known as companion planting, which involves carefully pairing or arranging plants to optimize their benefits for each other. It is a tried-and-true gardening technique used in organic gardens to deter pests, attract pollinators, and even improve flavor.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
gardeningknowhow.com | Mary Ellen Ellis |Melanie Griffiths
Trees are essential landscape elements. They provide focal points, shade, curb appeal, and multi-season visual interest. They also provide important habitat and food for wildlife. While trees are highly desirable in the landscape, they can also be hard work, requiring regular watering, fertilizing, pruning, and fall cleanup. When choosing trees for your yard, consider low-maintenance trees to get all the benefits and less effort.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
gardeningknowhow.com | Amy Grant |Mary Ellen Ellis |Tonya Barnett |Bonnie L. Grant
Grow your own nut trees! Learn how to do it, which ones grow well in your zone and how to keep them healthy and productive. There's nothing quite a delectable as cracking open homegrown nuts to embellish your discerning menu or add to your favorite dessert. Nut TreesHazelnut Tree Pollination – Do Hazelnut Trees Need To Cross PollinateHow do hazelnut trees get pollinated? The answer is a little weird. Click here to learn all about this strange process.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Mary Ellen Ellis
6 hours agoWith this excellent budget beef, there's no need to splurge on ribeye and filets. Steak is one of the pricier meats you'll find at the grocery store. But if you know where to look, there are plenty of deals to be had on great beef that makes a mighty fine substitute for pricier cuts such as ribeye …
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Mary Ellen Ellis
Watering orchids with ice cubes sounds like a simple, foolproof way to keep these picky houseplants hydrated – but is it the right thing to do? Orchids are often unfairly labeled as difficult to grow, but good orchid care is easy if you understand their needs. If you can position plants where they will receive their ideal temperature and light levels, they require minimal attention.
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
gardeningknowhow.com | Mary Ellen Ellis |Melanie Griffiths
Watering orchids with ice cubes sounds like a simple, foolproof way to keep these picky houseplants hydrated – but is it the right thing to do? Orchids are often unfairly labeled as difficult to grow, but good orchid care is easy if you understand their needs. If you can position plants where they will receive their ideal temperature and light levels, they require minimal attention.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Mary Ellen Ellis
It could be called the Rule of Five, Seven, or even Nine because the rule is actually about planting in repetition in odd numbers. Most people prefer the look of garden beds, borders, and planters containing an odd number of plants. Depending on the size of the area you’re planning, you might only need three plants. For bigger areas, you’ll need more, but the idea is to still stick with odd rather than even numbers of total plants.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Mary Ellen Ellis
Roses are favorites in the garden for their stunning blooms and intoxicating fragrance. Unfortunately, the shrubs have developed a reputation for being difficult to grow. There is some truth to this, but most gardeners find that the effort put into keeping roses happy is well worth the rewards. When starting a rose garden , one of the issues you are likely to face is pests. Several types of pests target roses – and some are more serious than others.
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Aug 17, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Mary Ellen Ellis
Rooting plants from cuttings is a great way to grow more of your favorite varieties at no cost. Fill out your garden beds with additional specimens of your favorite plants or share cuttings with friends in a plant swap. Cuttings are also useful for saving plants that won’t survive winter in your USDA hardiness zone . You can grow the cuttings indoors on a sunny windowsill, or in a greenhouse, and plant them out in the spring.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Mary Ellen Ellis
Invasive species are plants that are not only not native to where they grow but also harmful to the local ecosystem. They might outcompete native plants , introduce disease, or reduce biodiversity in a region. Not all non-native species are invasive, but those that are can be very destructive and should be avoided in the garden. Fortunately, there are many native alternatives to common invasive plants.
