Five Reasons to Weed or Not to Weed
The thought of weeding conjures up all sorts of reactions from people. There are weeding haters, weeding lovers and an entire range of folks...
How to Grow More Vegetables with Less Space
The secret to growing more in less space starts with love.
What do you love to eat? What can you add to your life that...
What is N-P-K?
Here's a look at that burning question, N-P-K? What is it all about anyway?
It's on nearly every package of everything plant related, compost, fertilizers,...
Tool Time | Ames Spring Tool Giveaway
Use a pencil as a transplanter or a can for making newspaper seedling pots, both indispensable when it comes to seeding and transplanting seedlings....
Support Biodiversity with No-Dig Regenerative Gardening
It's possible to support biodiversity with no-dig, regenerative gardening.
According to a 2019 United Nations report, 1 million plant and animal species are threatened with...
Growing Advantages
I've finally taken the time to explore the inner reaches of my refrigerator, locating the seeds I mentioned, giving me reason to plan and...
Kitchen Garden: Planting in Galvanized Containers
Growing a vegetable garden in recycled containers is all the rage, but are there risks? I was reminded of this looming question when a...
Pruning 101: What to Prune When
Ever get confused as to what to prune when? Or simply wonder where to begin?
The good news is, there's no rush to prune. In...
September Garden Checklist
I sometimes think that if months were siblings, September would be my favorite -- especially when it comes to the garden. The high heat...
How to Attract Ladybugs to Your Garden
Are you wishing ladybugs would find your garden as easily as aphids? Never fear, the trick for attracting ladybugs to your garden begins with...
How to Grow Blueberries, Identify Weeds & Choose the Best Plants
You may be asking many of the same questions as other gardeners. How to grow blueberries, care for grapes, identify weeds, and choose the...
Tips for Selecting Soil at Your Garden Center
Selecting compost or planting mix can feel like gambling. You know soil is the heart of your garden, that what you grow and how...
Mint — I Wish Someone Had Told Me
Mint is aromatic, a lively addition to tea or other concoction and the bane of a garden if grown without restriction.
"You have mint...
Water Wise Gardening Trends & Visit With Good Day Sacramento
You've got this. You can still grow what you love with less water, it just means being a little more creative. And I've decided...
Biosol or Bust
With fall comes the rush on local supplies of Biosol. We went to get our share. Each visit to the nursery they were out,...
What’s Growing Now: Alpine Strawberries, Sweet Treat Tomatoes & Ladybugs
It was just last winter when I found this garden. I was out for a run on a nearby trail and there it was...
Succession Planting Tips: Get More From Your Plot
The secret to succession planting is to sow little and often. In fact, this is the key to a continual and abundant supply of...
How to Harvest Basil
Get more from your basil through harvesting. It’s simple. The more you pick the more it grows.
Here's Why Harvesting Basil Grows More Basil
Basil, like...
October Garden Checklist
October consists of 31 days and is book ended on the calendar same as all the other months, so why does it always seem...
Fall Garden Checklist
If you count the hours spent readying your garden in spring, picking, eating and weeding in summer and now find yourself on to fall,...
