15 DIY Fire Pits You Can Build

Avocado trees (Persea americana) are shallow-rooted plants that can grow to 35 feet (12 m.) tall. They do best in a sunny, wind protected area. If you are thinking of transplanting avocado trees, the younger the tree, the better your chance of success. For more information on transplanting avocado trees, including tips on how to transplant an avocado, read on. Can You Move a Mature Avocado Tree? Sometimes it’s necessary to think about moving an avocado tree. Maybe you pl

Although it is considered an unusual, exotic plant in the United a states, breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) is a common fruiting tree on tropical islands all over the world. Native to New Guinea, Malayasia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, breadfruit cultivation made its way to Australia, Hawaii, the Caribbean, and Central and South America, where it is considered a nutrition packed super fruit. In these tropical locations, providing winter protection for breadfruit is gen

Can you compost diseased plants, namely, powdery mildew leaves? There are a lot of conflicting answers to this question, but maybe this article can help to clarify some of them using a bit of research and, of course, personal experience. First, let’s look at the compost bin and how it works. Personally, I don’t think it’s possible to manage common garden diseases in an environmentally responsible way without a compost system. The three-bin compost system My compost system employs

So you decided to plant potatoes this year! You’re excited and confident until you go to pull your seed potatoes out of storage and…they’re shriveled. Does that mean they’ve all gone bad? Will squishy, wrinkled potatoes actually produce healthy potato plants? Yes, you can plant shriveled potatoes. Even though shriveled seed potatoes don’t look appetizing, they are still fully capable of growing healthy plants. As long as your potatoes have viable eyes and no signs of blight, no o