Confused about sizing for garden gloves? It's usually based on a hand measurement that is actually pretty simple.
When do you start growing a pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) is a question that many gardeners have. These spectacular squash are not only a fun fall decoration, but they can make several tasty treats as well. Pumpkin growing isn’t hard and is even a popular garden activity for a child in the garden. Let’s take a few minutes to learn a few pumpkin growing tips for starting pumpkins from seed. When to Plant Pumpkin Seeds Before you can grow pumpkin seeds, you need t
Spinach is an easy-to-grow, healthy green. If you have trouble getting your family to eat the spinach you grow, you may disguise it into a form they won’t recognize. There are a number of uses for spinach other than traditional leafy greens. How to Use Spinach Spinach is great in salads, especially the young, tender leaves. Online recipes suggest a warm bacon or pomegranate vinaigrette dressing. Get creative with your family’s favorites. Add spinach to other green
Agave spp. Succulents exist in a vast array, their form and color ranging from tiny green bulbous leaves on a string-like stem to rosy-toned stumps that appear to be living rocks. It can be hard to believe that agaves belong to this category as well. At maturity, some may appear to be more closely related to a large variety of cacti rather than something like hens and chicks. But both of these are varieties of succulents, after all. Because of their range in size and the means b
Pelargonium x hortorum The garden, or zonal geranium, Pelargonium x hortorum, aka annual, common, horseshoe, horticultural, or storksbill geranium, is an herbaceous evergreen in the Geraniaceae family. A perennial in USDA Hardiness Zones 10-11, Pelargonium x hortorum may be grown as an annual elsewhere. It’s suited to beds, borders, and containers, and can be wintered over indoors as a houseplant. Today’s color palette includes shades of orange, pink, purple, red, white