How To Grow Your Own Raspberries

How To Grow Your Own Raspberries. Photo – Adobe Stock (under license) Raspberries are an easy fruit to grow! – they require very little maintenance and because they are perennial plants, there’s no need to replant every year. Fruits come in many colours as well as red – there are …

How To Build Your Own Strawberry Tower!

How To Build Your Own Strawberry Tower! Photo – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcdtIx1PkS8 This video by Bigelow Brook Farm (Web4Deb) gives us a great project idea – to build a strawberry tower using 4-inch PVC pipe! The creator of this tutorial has gone to a lot of trouble to show each step of …

5 Gardening Basics For Beginners

5 Gardening Basics For Beginners. Photo – Adobe Stock (under license) We found a great page of gardening basics for beginners. The link follows after our commentary. Growing your own vegetables can seem like a daunting prospect if you have never done it before. The idea of having your own …

Video: How To Make A Vertical Garden

Video: How To Make A Vertical Garden. Photo – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPCAaMS7nFw Have you ever thought of gardening on the wall? – It sounds a bit crazy for sure, but this short video by gardeningcentral will show you how to do just that… welcome to the world of Vertical Gardening! Vertical Gardens …

How To Build A Low-Cost DIY Plant Lighting System

How To Build A Low-Cost DIY Plant Lighting System – Image To Repin / ShareImage – http://yougrowgirl.com/build-a-d-i-y-lighting-system/ Here is an article (link after our commentary) that will give you instructions and helpful tips for setting up your very own versatile propagation system! The writer, Gayla, gives us her previous experience …

How To Build An Urban Hoop Garden

How To Build An Urban Hoop Garden. Photo – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-QhAg2jhvw Using readily available materials to build a portable polytunnel or “hoop garden”, the presenters of this great video show us this simple way to make your vegetable garden more productive – by simply extending the growing season! Why not give …

How To Make Your Own Super Compost

How To Make Your Own Super Compost. Photo – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAMy_ZJ0Xa8 Making good compost is one of the “magic keys” to keeping your plants healthy and growing well. This short video by Howdini gives you a clear introduction to the process and provides details of the ingredients needed to make your …

How To Grow And Prepare Your Own Stevia

How To Grow And Prepare Your Own Stevia. Photo – Pixabay (PD) We found a great tutorial on how to grow and prepare your own Stevia! The link to the full tutorial is after our commentary. Stevia is a recent discovery for many people in the developed world, however it …

How To Get Rid Of Garden Pests Without Chemicals

How To Get Rid Of Garden Pests Without ChemicalsImage – Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin (via Wikipedia) It’s good to see some in-depth writing about a subject that often causes trouble for organic growers – pest control! The article we discovered (link at the end of our commentary) will provide …

How To Make An African “Keyhole” Style Raised Bed Garden

How To Make An African “Keyhole” Style Raised Bed Garden. Photo – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyDS08bMPvU Here’s a fascinating tutorial by Send a Cow on how to build an African “Keyhole” style raised bed for your garden. It goes at quite a fast pace but provides all of the basic information you need …