Growing marjoram is a great way to add flavor and variety to both your kitchen and your herb garden. It’s actually not a difficult plant to grow as long as you pay attention to the weather. My fatal downfall was that I put my plants outside too soon – and we got a late-season snowstorm. …
You’ve probably heard the chirruping of cicadas before; maybe when you were out camping. They’re typically very loud and can damage your hearing. So, here’s a question: Do cicadas get louder before a storm? Yes, they do sing louder before a storm. Cicadas are naturally very loud, producing calls of up to 120 decibels. Typically …
Some people refer to all smallish aloes with green leaves and white spots as aloe vera, but there are differences in the chemical compounds within the various aloes even though some may look alike. The difference between Aloe and Aloe vera is that Aloe vera belongs to a huge family of aloe plants. There are …
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Gardens are many things to many people. For some, it’s all about the flowers and creating an external room to a house that can be enjoyed by looking through the windows, or by sitting and socializing whilst surrounded by nature. For countless others, it is the ability to grow an abundance of crops; there is …
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All gardens have pests; snails, termites, and worms are a few common ones. With that said, some pests are worse than others. The Hammerhead worm is one of the worse pests that your garden could encounter. Should you kill hammerhead worms? Yes, you definitely should kill them. Dissolve them in salt and/or vinegar and make …
A homesteader’s life, despite what any person who lives the 9 to 5 thinks, is not a simple one. Countless tasks are constantly being added to the work schedule, therefore it is vital to be organized and willing to embrace technology, tools or techniques that help to render this lifestyle achievable. The usefulness of plastic …
It seems that there is no shortage of pests and diseases that want to wreck all of my hard work in the vegetable garden this year. Where I live, it has been an unexpectedly hot and dry year. While that means we were lucky enough to not have to deal with fungi, it meant that …
Some say that comfrey is so easy to grow that all you need to do is chop off a piece of comfrey root, and stick it in the ground. But there are some additional considerations to keep in mind when you grow comfrey. Keep reading to find out how to plant, grow, and harvest comfrey. …
If you’ve mastered growing basic herbs like basil, sage, rosemary, and thyme, it might be ready to tackle another new herb – savory. There are two main types of savory, winter and summer, but both are relatively uncommon in most peoples’ backyard herb beds. There’s no good reason for this, either, since savory is incredibly …
For me, nothing calls to mind summer better than a fresh slice of honeydew melon. Growing up, we always had these fruits in the refrigerator once summer rolled around. I love slicing them up and throwing the bits and pieces in salads, soups, and desserts. Unfortunately, when it comes to growing melons of all kinds, …
