You can enjoy the beauty of nature in a tiny space taking ideas from these Smart Miniaturized Indoor Garden Projects that you would surely love! Have a look at some fun Indoor Garden Projects here Smart Miniaturized Indoor Garden Projects 1. DIY Pallet Living Wall A shipping pallet, nails, and some plants, along with a few other supplies, are all you need for this one! 2. Industrial Tiered Tabletop Succulent Garden You can easily make this space-saving succulent garden using Galvanized vent caps....

With a name that translates from its native Spanish as “chimney”, these little fireplaces are popular decorative firepits. But not every chiminea can be the best chiminea for everyone, so today I’m going to demystify this traditional style of firepit! Table of Contents Its origins reach back hundreds of years, although it’s hard to pin down precisely when they first appeared. Some believe they were in common use starting about 400 years back, where others say perhaps 600-1000 years....

Planning to grow something in your room for the colder months? Here are the Best Indoor Herbs that Can Thrive on Winter Windowsill! Check out Perennial Herbs You Can Plant Once and Enjoy for Years here Growing Herbs Indoors on a Winter Windowsill Before you plan to grow these best winter herbs on a windowsill, bear in mind that herbs LOVE sunlight. While some of them might not mind shade, most of them do....

Anthurium plants have beautiful, lush foliage and produce bright, crimson flowers. When your Anthurium leaves start turning yellow though, you know you have a problem. Color change in Anthurium plants is not uncommon, especially when the plants are grown in containers. Learning how to identify environmental stress and provide the optimal habitat for your plant will help you fix the problem. Why are my Anthurium leaves turning yellow? Reasons your Anthurium leaves are turning yellow include over watering, low humidity, excess sunlight, temperature stress, poor soil quality and insufficient fertilizer....

Cleaning may be a chore, but having a broom dustpan combo can make it less so. Or at the very least, having the right broom for the task. Table of Contents That’s right – there’s many styles of brooms out there to be had, and some are better than others. Let’s talk about the best sweep set that’s easy to use, gets the job done, and packs up small for easy storage...

Common Names: Spath, White sails, Spathe flower, Cobra plant Botanical Name: Spathiphyllum wallisii Flowering Time: Throughout the year, sporadically Peace lilies planted indoors are a show stealer with their white flowers and dark green glossy foliage. The unique white flowers are actually the curved bracts or modified leaves covering the actual small flowers. Peace lily care and growing is easy, which makes it one of the most popular houseplants. It grows without direct sunlight and purifies indoor air, not to mention the fact that it was a part of the famous NASA clean air study....

When I first started gardening, I did everything by hand. Table of Contents Big mistake! It got tiresome after just a few months, so I decided to invest in some garden tools for heavy loads. The first thing I bought myself was a high-quality wheelbarrow. If you haven’t yet invested in a wheelbarrow, it’s the most efficient way to transport your soil, mulch, weeds, or pretty much anything else you can dream up....

If you’re a home gardener or professional landscaper, you’re going to like a new book by horticulturist Tony Dove and landscape architect Ginger Woolridge. With 75 years of combined experienced, they partnered to create Essential Native Trees and Shrubs for the Eastern United States: The Guide to Creating a Sustainable Landscape. Trees and shrubbery are the backbone of an outdoor landscape. However, sometimes we wind up with a yard full of vegetation not well suited to our locale, that performs poorly and does little to support local wildlife....

QUESTION: Do peas need to climb? Should I build a trellis? -Carla W. ANSWER: The kind of support you will need to use for your pea plants will vary based on the variety of peas that you are growing. There are many different varieties of peas, but all of them fit within two distinct categories: bush peas and climbing peas. All peas benefit from some kind of support to grow upon....

If you ask any gardener, they’ll tell you that corn tastes so much better when it’s home-grown. Now, you could take our word for it, or you can find out for yourself! You’ll find that not only is it tasty, but growing corn is easy and extremely rewarding. It’s no wonder that this plant is one of the top grown crops in the world. Table of Contents Corn can be found on every human-populated continent, where it’s grown mostly for animal and human consumption....

Homegrown, freshly dug potatoes taste remarkably better than the ones you buy from the market. If you too want to experience that, check out this step-by-step guide on Growing Potatoes from Store Brought Potatoes. Learn everything about growing potatoes indoors here Growing Potatoes from Store Brought Potatoes 1. Cut Potato into Slices Growing potatoes from store brought potatoes is a straightforward process. Look for potatoes with small buds on the surface....

Looking to buy an outdoor rug but don’t know where to begin? Outdoor area rugs are showing up everywhere as people start to use their outdoor spaces more like living rooms and not just as a plain, grassy back yard. You might never have considered using a rug on your patio, porch or outdoor space, but it can really make the space feel much more cozy. It’s so nice to put your bare feet down onto a rug when you’re having a drink outside or hosting a get together....

If your vegetable garden area is surrounded by grass, your crops may get visitors: pesky grasshoppers. If grasshoppers make their way to your vegetable plants, you’ll begin to notice holes in your crops’ leaves and partially eaten produce. If very large numbers of these common garden pests are present, they can do serious damage and you may lose your entire harvest to grasshoppers. How can you get control of grasshoppers and protect your crops from these insects of mass destruction?...

In this article, you’ll learn how to cultivate and maintain this flowering plant in your garden. Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England aster, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, is a perennial member of the Asteraceae family that includes chrysanthemums and daisies. Also known as Michaelmas daisy, this nectar-rich flower is native to the US, where it grows wild along roadways and in meadows. A close look at its vivid violet blue, pink, purple, or white blossoms reveals yellow centers teeming with butterflies and bees, nature’s most beneficial pollinators....

One of the best houseplants, the Boston fern does well in low light, asks for minimal attention, and looks beautiful all year round. What more you want from a houseplant? Let’s have a look at How to Grow Boston Fern Indoors! Botanical Name: Nephrolepis exaltata Common Names: Sword Fern, Boston Fern, Ladder Fern, and Boss Fern Here are the best types of ferns you can grow Boston Fern Profile Boston fern, also popular as a sword fern, grows in several tropical regions around the world....

USDA Zones — 4 – 10 Difficulty — Moderate Other names — Asian Ginseng, Asiatic Ginseng, Chinese Red Ginseng, Ginseng Asiatique, Ginseng Chinois, Ginseng Japonais, Oriental Ginseng, Ginseng Panax, Ginseng Radix Alba, Ginseng Rouge, Guigai, Hong Shen, Japanese Ginseng, Korean Ginseng, Korean Panax Ginseng, Oriental Ginseng, Radix Ginseng Rubra, Red Kirin Ginseng, Red Korean Ginseng, Red Panax Ginseng, Renxian, Tibetan Ginseng, White Panax Ginseng. Conditions for Growing Ginseng Ginseng is a medicinal plant known for thousands of years in Asia, it is cultivated for its roots that is consumed fresh or dried....

by Matt Gibson Pitcher plants look like an exotic, rare, tropical species that you would expect to find growing only on a little-known island somewhere in the Caribbean. In actuality, many species of pitcher plants are native to the southern United States, in the swampy, boggy regions of Louisiana and Mississippi. If you’re looking to start keeping these unusual plants yourself, this article will tell you everything you need to know to grow and care for pitcher plants....

While you might not see them too frequently, beets definitely have their fair share of pests that will eagerly make a meal of them if conditions are right. For a cool-season crop, it’s pretty hard to beat beets. They’re quick to grow, and you can have a harvest in six weeks, not to mention the tops as well as the roots are edible. Plus, come on… they’re delicious, with that earthy, rich goodness....

I think that’s why powdery mildew tends to bring out the worst in gardeners. Sooner or later, if you grow roses, you’re probably going to bump up against it. So when you see that telltale powdery coating on your plants, you just want to turn and walk away. I’m a full-grown woman with adult responsibilities and a pretty good head on her shoulders. Most of the time. But when I find powdery mildew on my roses, I just want to lie down, kick my heels in the grass, and throw a certified, grade-A tantrum....

By J.D. Hendrick, Owner of RedWigglersFarm.com Red worms (Red Wigglers) turn organic material into worm castings (you might have also heard it called vermicompost). Plants thrive in this natural fertilizer. Soil Regeneration: We can all help the environment by composting. Our excess food ends up in the landfills. How to Get Started with Worm Composting The simplest way is to start a compost in a bucket or plastic tote. You drill holes around the bottom of the bin to allow excess moisture to exit and air to enter....