Read along to learn how to grow potatoes in containers, including tips on soil, sunlight, water, temperature, and preparing potato seed for planting.
Growing moss is actually not that hard and requires only a few ingredients. Here's how to grow moss successfully.
Lemongrass is a fabulous addition to your recipes and surprisingly easy to grow! You can even propagate it from cuttings. Learn how to grow and use lemongrass at your home.
Known as the Bhodi tree, or the sacred fig, Ficus religiosa trees are often grown as ornamentals. Ficus religiosa is a type of banyan tree native to India, China and Southeast Asia. Ficus religiosa trees are sacred to Buddhists, as Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment while sitting under one.
Through the empowering combination of Yoga, Pilates and Meditation, MerryBody will totally change the way you workout –AND how you feel about yourself.
Best vegetables & herbs to regrow from kitchen scraps in water or soil. Start a windowsill garden indoors, or grow foods using grocery lettuce, beets, etc!
How to start an organic garden with ease
Learn the best way to grow strawberries including when to plant, recommended growing conditions, in-ground and container growing, year-round strawberry care, different fruiting times, and—the best part—how to harvest the sweet, fresh fruit.
I always thought growing your own mushrooms would be hard, but I was so wrong!
My best tips for harvesting lettuce so it will keep growing. Because seriously, who wouldn't want to maximize their harvest?
Learn how to grow your own thyme at home. A hardy little perennial that requires little work, but offers big rewards!
It’s easy to grow garlic in containers or in the garden! Learn the types of garlic, when to plant, the best fertilizers to use, and how to harvest and cure garlic.
Whether you want to try your hand at an ancient craft or you're looking to make a little cash, growing cotton the way to go.
The UK’s latest country house hotel, Heckfield Place in Hampshire, welcomes guests this September, a full six years behind its scheduled launch date (see o
When it's too hot to turn on the oven, cool off with these summer supper recipes. These salads, sandwiches, pastas, and soups highlight summer's best ingredients.
A yard can be a buffet for rabbits. During the warm months where grass, flowers and vegetables grow, rabbits will come around and help themselves. This could be a huge problem when trying to keep your lawn well-manicured. Rabbits have the ability to devour spouts, seeds and create holes. Homeowners can find creative ...
Want to boost your confidence and build your self-esteem? These 111 Affirmations for Confidence and Self-Esteem will help you!
NOTE: This article is about 20 of my favorite medicinal healing herbs to grow in most garden areas and types of soil. There are 100’s more, though, that I just couldn’t include because of space. Enjoy this rundown of 20 of my favorites. Have you ever wondered which medicinal herbs are the best on
Growing mushrooms is one of the easiest gardening projects to try as a beginner - or do with kids - and is perfect in winter when it's still too chilly to grow stuff outside. You
If I asked you what story does life remind you of, which one would you pick? Whatever your answer might be, there is a subreddit that wants to convince us that it's more like Cinderella or Beauty and the Beast.
2018 is almost over, which means it's time to start choosing which New Year's resolutions to stick to for 2019. Lucky for you, we have created 50 brand new resolutions for you to make as your goal on New Year's Eve, along with 50 of the best motivational quotes to keep you inspired year-round.
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A simple step-by-step guide for how to grow sprouts in a jar. Growing sprouts in a jar is easy, affordable, and super gratifying!
Quinoa is grown for its tiny, protein-packed seeds. It’s also easy to grow and drought tolerant. Keep reading to learn how to grow quinoa.
Never heard of borage plant? You're not alone. Here are some terrific reasons to consider welcoming this easy-to-grow plant with lovely edible star-shaped flowers into your garden! Read on to learn about excellent borage uses
Natural antibiotics have a very important role to play healing all sorts of minor infections. Which is NOT to say we never need the power of prescribed antibiotics. Of course we do. But using natural
Anise is an aromatic culinary and medicinal herb that will totally change your culinary game. Growing anise is a cinch once you know how.
Bringing the outdoors in is a thing around here, and one seamless way to do that is through a garden window. While normally seen in kitchens, I’m all for installing garden windows all over the house. If you put enough plants in the window you get the privacy of a curtain, and all the happiness that...
Never heard of borage plant? You're not alone. Here are some terrific reasons to consider welcoming this easy-to-grow plant with lovely edible star-shaped flowers into your garden! Read on to learn about excellent borage uses
Have you ever faced the struggle of wanting fresh garlic at your fingertips, only to be met with the disappointment of store-bought bulbs that lack flavor and
Vanilla is one of the most amazing spices in the world. It grows on the a tall vine plant with white flowers. Here is how to grow vanilla bean.
Hakuna Matata
A thick mist covered the rainforest canopy this morning. It was 6 a.m. when we joined Henry for some chili-infused hot chocolate, a blend created by the ancient Aztecs and one of the organic specialties produced on Villa Vanilla's plantation. We fueled up for an early morning hike through primary rainforest to a magnificent Ceiba tree, over ten meters in diameter.
Lemon balm has numerous benefits! Here are 10 great reasons to grow lemon balm for your garden, your health, and delicious food and drinks!
Image Credit: US Department of Agriculture @ Flickr The fleshy, fruiting bodies of the Kingdom Fungi, mushrooms can be found thriving on the mossy bark of trees and the shady soil beneath the umbrage of
Each year on April 10th, National Farm Animals Day focuses attention of the humane care of farm animals. The day also aims to find homes for abandoned and abused farm animals.
See how to avoid the 6 most common seed starting mistakes many gardeners make when starting seeds indoors - and grow great transplants!
Tips on how to grow snowdrops including advice on planting them 'in the green', prefered growing conditions, and how to create a drift of snowdrops
How to grow, water and fertilize true cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) as a potted tree indoors or outdoors.
Companion planting strawberries ensures that you get the most out of your garden space, while at the same time helping your berry plants succeed. While they're often companion planted with herbs and flowers to either
I feel like the common consensus is that 2019 was rough for everyone. I have already seen so many posts shared about how 2020 will be the year everyone plans to make a comeback, but what changes are you planning to make to get there? Click here to read how my own 2019 kicked me when I was down, and the changes I am implementing will put me back on top in 2020.
The best DIY soil mix recipe has been a long time in the making. This DIY soil mix isn't just something I threw together on a whim and hoped it worked
Let me show you in a step by step picture tutorial how to grow mint from cuttings. Propagating mint is very easy. You can have a mint plant by next week!
A survival seed bank is a collection of seeds that you can use to grow a large and diverse garden in a survival scenario.
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