Keeping weeds out of a flower garden is a necessary task. Of course, it makes the garden look cleaner and more beautiful. It also minimizes the competition for water and nutrients between the weeds and your plants. This blog post looks at seven ways to help keep weeds away.
One way to achieve gardening success is by building it into your daily or weekly routine. If you're new to gardening, doing so can be a bit daunting, particularly if you're growing many plants with varying needs. The good news is that there are ways to organize your gardening schedule and get the most from your experience. This article covers five strategies to build healthy and effective habits to help your gardens thrive.
If you're relatively new to gardening, it can be challenging to determine how much water your plants need. While watering is necessary to keep plants sufficiently hydrated, overwatering can harm them. Knowing how to identify, diagnose and avoid overwatering can help maintain optimal plant health.
Both raised beds and pot (or container) gardening can be great ways to enjoy gardening, and depending on your yard, you may try both. Planting directly in the ground may not be an option, especially when the soil is too heavy or sandy. If it’s not, raised beds and potted plants are great alternatives. In this post, we look at considerations that can help you decide which option is right for you.
Outdoor gardening is a fulfilling and rewarding activity. Of course, with temps approaching triple digits, your plants need extra love! So how can you garden safely in the summer heat? Keep reading this blog post to learn nine tips to keep summer gardening a fun and safe activity - despite the heat.
Plant propagation is a fun and useful way to enhance your garden. What is it about this gardening technique that's made it so popular? In this blog post, we take a look at everything plant propagation and how you can use it in your home garden.
Vegetable gardening in the blazing summer heat can be challenging. The best way to ensure successful yields is by focusing on growing vegetables that can produce amid the swelter and providing the right amount of water to help them thrive. In this article, we take a look at four factors to ensuring summer vegetable garden success: location, soil, water - and the right plants.
Honey bees are highly specialized cold-blooded insects that operate as an efficient, super-organism. They were brought in by the settlers when beekeeping in North America began. Since then, honey bees have continued to be one of the most sophisticated pollinators. This article is the final one in our National Pollinator Week series, where we've also covered hummingbirds and butterflies. In this post, we take a look at the honey bee ecosystem, including the key players and their primary roles and the impact on our food supply. We also included a fun infographic with "Fun Facts" that you can share with your social networks!
PlantTAGG is celebrating National Pollinator Week June 22-28, 2020. National Pollinator Week is a time to celebrate pollinators and spread the word about what you can do to protect declining pollinator populations around the world.
Soil is the primary source of nutrients and water, which are crucial for healthy plant development. The wrong soil can prevent your plants from getting the moisture and nutrients they need to grow and flourish. This post reviews everything you need to know about garden soil types and soil mixtures to improve your chance of gardening success.
