Infestations of harmful insects are the bane of any gardener’s existence. There is nothing quite so disappointing to come to the garden one morning and find holes chewed into the leaves or stems...

Insects that can act as a predatory police force in your garden will help to keep it free of pests throughout the growing season. While you can order beneficial insects online, this can get...

This weekend my little garden helper and I got the ball rolling on starting seeds for this season. We fired up the grow lights after having them sit dormant for the Winter and they worked...

In the past couple of weeks we've been busy planning out our garden for Spring/Summer. We use Smart Gardener to help plan out the location of our plants as well as the schedule for planting...

Let's be honest...shoveling dirt is a lot of work. A lot. A. Lot. I know from experience, although I'd rather not. After getting our raised beds built, I realized I actually needed to put something...

Last year we made our first foray into raised bed gardening. Our attempts directly in the ground had always failed (most likely because of the awful soil we have). But last year was a big success, so...