Check out some amazing, scientifically proven Pomegranate Peel Uses in the Garden that will help your foliage plants to have lush growth and herbs and salad greens to have more flavor! Have a look at some awesome banana peel uses here What Pomegranate Peel Contains & How it Helps? Pomegranate peel (Punica granatum) is rich in ellagitannins, flavonoids, proanthocyanidin compounds, and minerals such as magnesium (0.2 percent), calcium (0.1 percent), potassium (1....

4 Tips to Harvesting Vegetables: Bigger isn’t always better Many vegetables reach peak quality and tenderness when still immature; salad greens, zucchini, cucumbers, beans, peas, potatoes, radishes, and turnips for example. Even cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower are harvested before they mature and their flower buds open. Others, like tomatoes, muskmelons, watermelons, and sweet potatoes are best picked when they are fully ripe and their flavors have been given ample time to develop....

by Matt Gibson If you’re looking to add a touch of sophisticated mystique to your garden this season, growing some black flowers in your beds is just what the doctor ordered. Black is a classy and mysterious color. It’s connected with power, death, fear, evil, authority, rebellion, formality, and elegance. Black is associated with grief and mourning in American culture, and because it is the lack of color, it can also represent emptiness, darkness, and the unknown....

The best way to showcase the beauty of a plant is to grow it in stunning glass and vases. Growing Alocasia in Water is quite easy and helps you to enhance the beauty of its glossy leaves! Here are the most beautiful Alocasias you can grow Alocasia Plant Profile Native to tropical and subtropical areas of Asia and eastern Australia, the Alocasia genus is appreciated for spectacular heart or arrow-shaped, elephant’s ear-like leaves that can be a focal point of any room or garden....

Here’s what’s to come in this article: Growing carrots, Daucus carota subsp. sativus, in containers is a convenient way to produce your own fresh root vegetables, even if you don’t have the acreage for a full-fledged vegetable garden. One large round planter can yield up to 30-40 carrots per harvest, depending on the weather, variety, and how many you’ve planted. My favorite thing about growing them in containers is that there are no wild critter issues, since my planter is close to the house where I can keep an eye on it....

by Matt Gibson The gazania, a flowering plant native to South Africa, is commonly referred to as the treasure flower, and with its bright, attention-grabbing colors and the large array of available varieties, there is a multitude of reasons why gardeners should treasure the gazania. Gazania was named after the Greek theologian, Theodore of Gaza. The word “gaza” means riches in Greek, and this association may have led to the nickname treasure flower....

by Matt Gibson One of the sweetest fruits in the orange family, the mandarin orange is the slightly smaller sibling of the standard orange. Fresh mandarin oranges are peeled, seperated into segments, and added to salads, entrees and desserts. They are also commonly found canned in a light sweetened syrup at grocery stores. The name “mandarin” refers to the bright orange robes worn by the public officials of the ancient Chinese courts, who were called Mandarins....

Patios are a great way to create an outdoor living space that the whole family can enjoy. They boost your home’s value and can withstand most weather conditions. And best of all… it’s possible to build a paver patio in a single day with the right materials and proper foundation. We’ve compiled an easy-to-follow guide with expert tips to help you create the perfect finish for your new paver patio. A Step-by-Step Guide to Laying Pavers It’s relatively easy to build a paver patio if you follow the proper technique....

Easily cultivated, these low-maintenance plants readily colonize and look spectacular when they are mass planted in drifts. Anemone spp. Colorful, diverse, and easy to grow, anemones are flowering perennials that offer a variety of pretty flowers for the home garden. Commonly called windflowers – their slender, sturdy stems tremble in a breeze but don’t break – the eye-catching flowers bloom in early spring, summer, and fall, depending on the variety....

Propagating ornamental sweet potato vine is easy, and a great way to maximize a single plant purchase from the nursery. In this post, I will walk you through how to root the cuttings or divide the tubers step by step. Ornamental sweet potato vines are beautiful and make a wonder addition to any outdoor planter or garden. Learning how to multiply them is fun, and a great way to expand your collection....

Ice cream bean is a fast-growing tree with many uses, including its exotic fruit! The large fruits contain a sweet cottony pulp. The edible pulp is where the “ice cream” name comes from as it has a sweet vanilla taste, sometimes with a cinnamon note, and the texture of cotton candy. Table of Contents The ice cream bean has many different names in its native region, and indigenous peoples use the tree for a variety of uses....

by Shellie Elliott Ready to try organic gardening and need some tips to get started? The idea of starting a garden can seem overwhelming on its own, and going the organic route might feel like even more of a challenge. Using chemical fertilizers and pesticides to help your garden thrive may initially seem a lot easier. While they are easily acquired at the local gardening center and proven effective, chemical fertilizers and non-organic pesticides can be scary to handle and use on the flowers, herbs, fruits, and veggies you are working so hard to grow....

Ready for a test? Table of Contents With paper and pencil, make a list of ALL nutrients that plants need to grow properly. We’ll wait…no cheating! Here’s the list to check yourself against: NitrogenPhosphorusPotassiumCalciumMagnesiumSulfurChlorineCopperManganeseIronBoronMolybdenumZincCarbonHydrogenOxygen There are more elements here than you listed, I bet! To fully understand how plants grow and how we can help them grow better, we have to understand what they need to grow. In this article, we’ll dive into everything a plant needs from a nutrient standpoint....

Snake Plant or Mother-in-law’s tongue looks best when its foliage is healthy and upright. If you notice your Snake Plant Leaves Curling, then we have all the information you need to ensure your plant stays erect and beautiful! Here are the best snake plant varieties you can grow indoors Why Are My Snake Plant Leaves Curling? Often, when your plant is going through stress, its leaves curl inward or outward. This is a vital sign because it can tell you a lot about what your Snake Plant is going through....

Growing food in pots is often the easiest way to do this. Able to fit perfectly in little corners of any city, container growing offers the perfect way for people with limited space to get into edible gardening. Growing up with a little garden, producing plants in pots was my first taste of growing my own food. From the chives in the big garden pots, to the little pots of mint and coriander sitting on the kitchen windowsill, these experiences were the first to pique my interest in gardening....

There are multiple reasons to love the Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera) – these plants are gorgeous, they bloom in the holiday season when most other plants aren’t looking their best, and they keep blooming year after year for decades. No wonder then that the sight of a Christmas Cactus dropping leaves will be a cause of concern. The most common cause of a Christmas Cactus dropping leaves is overwatering, or conditions that result in soggy soil conditions....

The pièce de résistance of any bed is its bedding. For those who opt for an easily interchangeable duvet whether to maintain an easy cleaning routine or swap with the seasons, the accompanying insert is the unsung hero to achieving a rich, inviting look. A Duvet consists of two pieces: the duvet insert and its cover, which are typically sold separately. Duvet inserts are typically white, and the most durable designs have a baffle-box or channeled construction to keep the fill in place....

These awesome Types of Rubber Plant look great with their waxy foliage, and you can also easily propagate them from cuttings. They thrive on neglect and also remove pollutants from the indoor air. Check out amazing rubber plant benefits here Best Types of Rubber Plant 1. Robusta Botanical Name: Ficus elastica ‘Robusta’ ‘Robusta’ is a hardy ficus elastica variety with leathery large green foliage. It can easily withstand low humidity indoors and also attains a good height of 4-6 feet....

Information Lavender is an extremely hardy plant. They fall victim to few pests, and very few diseases. But despite their hardiness, pests and diseases do still take hold of these plants. In this article, organic gardening expert Logan Hailey (who has worked at a large lavender farm) walks through the most common lavender pests and diseases, as well as how to preven them! By Logan Hailey Last updated: November 16, 2022 | 4 min read Lavender is one of the most resilient and beautiful perennial herbs to grow in your garden....

By Matt‌ ‌Gibson‌ Got a spot to grow vegetables that gets a lot of direct sun? That’s actually very good news, because many vegetables prefer full sun. When you are drawing out a map of how you plan to lay out your garden, it’s important to be familiar with several things. You need to know what areas in your garden get full sunlight, partial shade and full shade. You need to know what plants you are going to grow in the upcoming season, and which of these plants grow well with each other and which plants can affect certain other plants when they are planted nearby....