Vegetable gardens are often arranged in orderly rows. Each vegetable has its place. However, companion planting flowers and vegetables in the same beds is a good way to boost yields and keep crops healthy. This practice can be beneficial in several ways. Many experts encourage gardeners to plant a border of flowers around the perimeter […]
A restaurant in the Netherlands, Mediamatic ETEN, has found a solution to stay open and serve its customers while enforcing social distancing. Its diners are seated inside individual greenhouses. This measure is only in the trial phase, but the vegan eatery in the Oosterdok neighborhood of Amsterdam hopes to make the capsules official with permission […]
One of the easiest and most elegant orchids to grow is Phalaenopsis. The plant’s blooms last for weeks, providing lasting beauty in the home. Once it’s done blooming, Phal orchid maintenance focuses on plant health. Good Phal orchid care after blooming sets the plant up for future blooms and development of new foliage. Orchid care […]
You don’t have to wait until summer to get your garden going. As a matter of fact, many vegetables grow and taste better in the cold temperatures of spring. Certain ones, like lettuce and spinach, will bolt when the weather gets too hot and can only be grown in cool temperatures. Cold weather grown vegetables […]
This easily-constructed new IKEA product could feed dozens of people in your very own neighborhood – and the blueprints are available for download free of charge. The Grow Room is an urban structure designed by architects Sine Lindholm and Mads-Ulrik Husumto in Space 10 – an IKEA idea lab based on coming up with innovative, groundbreaking solutions for […]
World Naked Gardening Day is the one day of the year when you can do your gardening work completely naked. The first Saturday in May is the date for this event, and this year that is May 2nd. While you might get a little dirty, the intention is good, clean, fun in the sun, and […]
There are many pests and diseases that may attack your garden plants. You can fight a lot of them using homemade solutions. When it comes to aphids that want to attack your tomato plants, you can try these diy yellow cup sticky traps. Many bugs are attracted to color and aphids are no exception. Yellow seems […]
To keep the vegetable garden healthy, avoid repeating the same planting plan in the same spot. This practice, called crop rotation, can feel a bit like juggling, but it’s important to prevent crop-specific pests and diseases from building up and carrying over from one season to the next in the soil. If you move the crop, […]
If you don’t have the space in your home to plant vegetables, you can grow them in containers. Cucumber are one example. Annual, herbaceous plant, they belong to the same family as zucchini, melon and watermelon, it is characterized by long stems that creep or climb and reach up to 3 meters. Growing cucumbers is medium difficult […]
Raw manuka honey is liquid gold! It’s sweet taste has a lot of hidden healing properties. Manuka honey is a monofloral honey, which means that it comes from nectar from the manuka tree. It’s believed to have many medicinal qualities, and some people choose to use it instead of traditional medicines. The list of manuka […]
