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Supercharge Your Garden Beds with Grass Clippings: A Comprehensive Guide
Introduction Are you looking for an easy and eco-friendly way to enhance your garden beds? Look no further than your lawn clippings! Yes, those grass trimmings you often discard can be a valuable resource for your garden. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the benefits of using grass clippings in garden beds and provide you … Read more
How to Choose the Best Paint for Raised Garden Beds
Raised garden beds allow you to grow flowers, vegetables, herbs and other plants while controlling the soil quality and drainage. They elevate your garden for easier access and prevent weeds. Painting or staining raised beds can help protect the wood, make them last longer, and allow you to match your color scheme. But not all … Read more
How to Prepare Your Garden for Laying Pebbles – A Complete Guide
Laying pebbles in your garden can instantly give it a stylish, modern look. The tactile crunch underfoot and visual texture pebbles provide make them a popular landscaping material. However, proper preparation is crucial before installing pebbles. Failure to prep the ground correctly can lead to problems like sinking, shifting, weed growth, and an uneven finish. … Read more
What to Plant with Lilacs: 13 Beautiful Companions for Your Garden
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Lilacs (Syringa vulgaris) are striking specimen plants with their early blooming, lacy blossoms that exude a sweet perfume. You’ll find cultivars with blue, pink, purple, and other colorful blossoms. However lovely the flowers are, the shrub’s short … Read more
Is Asparagus Fern an Annual or a Perennial?
Asparagus fern is a sprawling shrub native to coastal southeastern South Africa. It is not a true fern, despite its common name. Instead, it belongs to either the asparagus family (Asparagaceae) or the lily family (Liliaceae), which includes plants like amaryllis, daylilies, hosta, and tulips. It is in the genus Asparagus, which includes the edible … Read more
How Much Does a Single Marijuana Plant Yield? A Grower’s Guide to Estimating Harvests
As more states make weed legal and the plant becomes more well-known, more people are trying to grow it at home to see how well they can do. In most states where marijuana is legal, each person can grow six plants at home, and a family can grow twelve plants. Some allow less, and some … Read more
The Lush Beauty of the Heart of the Jungle Elephant Ear Plant
The heart of the jungle elephant ear is one of the most stunning and exotic looking plants you can grow. With its huge, deep green leaves that truly resemble an elephant’s ear, it makes a dramatic statement in any garden. I’ve grown this plant for several years now, and it never fails to impress me … Read more
Brighten Your Garden with Yellow Asiatic Lilies Spotted in Red
Asiatic lilies are perennial bulbs that have bright, tall flowers that come in many colors, like orange, yellow, red, pink, and white. Oriental lilies bloom for four weeks in late summer and are known for their smell. Asiatic lilies, on the other hand, bloom in late spring or early summer and don’t smell very good. … Read more
Snow Roses: Uncovering the Truth About These Winter-Blooming Beauties
Snow roses capture the imagination with their cool name and abundant frosty blooms. But are these elegant flowers too good to be true? Let’s dig into the facts behind snow roses to find out if they really exist or are just a mythical blossom. What Are Snow Roses? Snow roses are a type of flowering … Read more
Do Chilli Plants Survive Winter? How to Help Them Thrive Through the Cold Months
If you can make your undercover growing area warm enough for winter, overwintering chili plants might be a fun idea to think about. Gardeners in the UK will often focus on growing crops as annuals during the summer months. But if you do things the right way, you might be able to grow your own … Read more
Where to Buy Broccoli Seeds: The Best Online Stores and Varieties
Broccoli is a cool weather crop that’s nutritious delicious and easy to grow at home. But before you can grow this vitamin-packed veggie, you need to get your hands on some good quality broccoli seeds. Here’s an overview of the best online seed sources and recommended broccoli seed varieties for home gardens. Top Online Stores … Read more
How Long Do Lilies Live?
Lilies are a popular flower that bloom in late spring through summer, adding beautiful colors and lovely scents to gardens. But how long do these stunning flowers last in the landscape or as cut flowers? Here’s what you need to know about the lifespan of lilies. In the Garden When properly planted and cared for, … Read more