soil

This 700-Year-Old Farming Technique Can Make Super Fertile Soil

A farming technique practiced for centuries by villagers in West Africa, which converts nutrient-poor rainforest soil into fertile farmland, could be the answer to mitigating climate change and revolutionizing farming across Africa. A global study, led by the University of Sussex, which included anthropologists and soil scientists from Cornell, Accra, and Aarhus Universities and the […]

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A Few Secrets For Proper Care For Succulents Indoors

Although you hear daily that succulents are quite resistant, simply you have no luck with their growing. Be sure that you are not alone. If you are upset with your failures when it comes to growing succulents in your apartment or house, we will present to you short, but very useful tips that will help prolong the life […]

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What Causes Tomatoes To Split And How To Prevent It

Everyone loves tomatoes. They are great in salads and sauces and even make a great gift. However, with these beautiful and tasty beauties comes a problem. Sometimes, right in the middle of thinking everything is alright with your crop, you’ll find splitting tomatoes or tomato cracking. What causes tomatoes to split? Sometimes, the fluctuation of […]

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16 Houseplants You Can Grow In Water –

Growing houseplants in water is an incredible activity for the amateur gardener as well as for the experienced one. People with small space or an abhorrence for messy soil can also find this way of growing more up their ally. This method for growing plants is not only low maintenance, but disease and pest resistant. […]

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Top 5 Gardening Mistakes

Having too many plants We’ve all been there at some point. You go out to buy groceries and you come back home with a bunch of new plants. Variety is always great, but if you’re just starting out you may find it difficult to care for the individual needs of multiple plants. Start small and build […]

herbs

Why Are Your Herbs Dying? Common Kitchen Herb Garden Mistakes

1. You’re not giving your herbs enough sun Plants require sunlight. They trap light and utilize it to make food in a process called photosynthesis. So make sure not to place your herb plant in a dull, dusty corner, in light of the fact that regardless of the amount you spritz and water, they will […]

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10 Herbs You Can Grow In Water, In Your Kitchen

Most herbs will be satisfied to grow in water, however those engendered from cuttings are simpler to start in water. Seed-grown annuals such as cilantro, mustard, and dill are somewhat precarious on the grounds that you have to sow the seeds in soil or some other medium and after that move the seedlings to water. […]

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20 Lost Gardening Tips From 100 Years Ago

100 years ago Gallaher Ltd printed a short “How-To” series, with smart tips for emergency situations. The cards were distributed with packs of cigarettes. All the pictures bellow are part of the George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library. 1. How To Make a Potato Clamp Potatoes, onions, apples, beets, pears and flower bulbs or roots, […]

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10 Cheap & Easy DIY Greenhouses

$20 Greenhouse – Costing just $20, it doesn’t get a lot less expensive than this. Barn greenhouse – Ideal for a bigger more perpetual growing space, it can withstand the climate all year and will give you a lot of space to grow just about anything. Cheap pallet greenhouse – This frugal undertaking reuses beds […]