Archive for April, 2015

Beginner Gardening – Try Growing Lettuce and Radishes

If you are a beginner with gardening, there are probably a few things you would like out of your first garden. You would like it to be relatively little work, you would prefer that the crops don’t take months to grow and yield, and cool weather crops would allow you get started early in the […]

How to Grow Radishes

If you are new to gardening, radishes might be one of the first vegetables you should try to grow. They are typically not very difficult to grow. They mature and are ready to be harvested in a short amount of time. They are often easy to keep healthy even when facing various weather and soil […]

Growing Squash – Striped Cucumber Beetle

Imagine being in a world where very large and delicious looking plants developed that are poisonous to your kind. Then one generation, some of you gain the ability to eat this plant. Suddenly you have all of this great food that only your species can have. Even your predators can’t stand it, they begin avoiding […]

What Does Organic Gardening Mean?

Indeed, what is organic gardening? Chemically, organic matter is matter with carbon atoms in it-naturally occurring materials. The term “synthetic” refers to any material that is produced in a laboratory, rather than in a living thing. “Organic Gardening” literally means not using synthetically produced items in the garden. The USDA has specific definitions for organic […]