growing plants
What to add to the beds in May to improve the soil composition: useful tips
Sometimes the soil composition is not suitable for growing plants.
Sergey Tumanov soil composition plants fertilizer Helpful tips 9 May 2024
Gardening tips: How to grow spices
If you want your spices to be actually fresh, delicious, and full of flavors, then you can try growing them by yourself! The best thing about spices is that most of them are relatively low-maintenance, so you can grow them in different types of climate and weather conditions.
Kate Yakimchuk spices gardening tips herbs planting Garden 23 January 2024
Gardening tips: Reversing the herbicide effects
To get rid of weeds, you should sometimes use special herbicides – they can effectively block new plants from growing. Meanwhile, if you accidentally used it where you didn't want to, you could kill your plants and make your soil infertile.
Kate Yakimchuk herbicides gardening tips soil tips Garden 19 January 2024
Gardening tips: A simple greenhouse – how to create it?
If you have a few plants that require a hot and humid climate, then you probably need a greenhouse. Luckily, you don't have to build a big and expensive one – it's often enough just to make a small and simple one!
Kate Yakimchuk greenhouse gardening tips ideas building Garden 16 January 2024
Gardening tips: Why are violets so popular?
If you know someone who loves houseplants, then they probably grow violets – these flowers are extremely popular. But what makes these small flowers so widespread and loved?
Kate Yakimchuk violets houseplants gardening tips flowers Garden 10 January 2024
Gardening tips: Growing an avocado from a pit
If you love avocados, then you might try growing them at home – they not only taste, but also look amazing! From a pit, you can germinate and grow a plant to keep it as a houseplant, or to transplant it into your garden later.
Kate Yakimchuk avocado planting gardening tips houseplants Garden 9 January 2024
Gardening tips: Make your own mulch – grow these plants
In gardening, there are plenty of different kinds of mulch, and most of them have their pros and cons. Natural mulch is biodegradable and usually safe, and you can make it on your own – so it's extremely beneficial!
Kate Yakimchuk mulching gardening tips mulch nature Garden 4 January 2024
Gardening mistakes: These things don't allow you to grow an amazing harvest – fix them!
Gardeners who enjoy growing fruits and vegetables want big harvests - it's not just beneficial, but also simply pleasant! Meanwhile, even the experienced ones often make some mistakes that make it harder for them to achieve great results.
Kate Yakimchuk harvest gardening mistakes fruits vegetables Garden 28 December 2023
Gardening tips: Growing tobacco is easy – just use these tips
If you have a garden, then you can grow not only fruits and vegetables, but also tobacco. While this plant requires some specific conditions to thrive, it's actually pretty easy to grow it.
Kate Yakimchuk tobacco gardening tips conditions planting Garden 26 December 2023
You Grow Carnations Wrong: Gardening Mistakes
Carnations can make your garden look beautiful, but only if you take proper care of them. It's not that hard to grow healthy, beautiful carnations, but new gardeners tend to make some mistakes.
Kate Yakimchuk carnations garden flowers planting gardening Garden 20 December 2023
Growing Jasmine: Gardening Tips
If you want to decorate your garden with beautiful, nice-smelling plants, then you should probably grow jasmine. This amazing plant can decorate your garden for many years, but only if you take good care of it.
Kate Yakimchuk jasmine gardening tips trees flowers Garden 19 December 2023
Growing Ficuses at Home: Gardening Tips
You can be a gardener even without a garden - you can always grow some plants at home! For instance, you can grow beautiful houseplants like ficuses easily - you just need to know some rules.
Kate Yakimchuk ficus houseplants gardening tips flowers Garden 15 December 2023
Balcony eco-farming: Gardening tips
If you don't have an opportunity to take care of a huge garden, then you can always try to create a tiny version of it on your balcony or your roof! Small gardens are easier to take care of, but they can be quite beneficial at the same time.
Kate Yakimchuk balcony gardening plants ideas planting Garden 4 December 2023