Have you always wondered what flowers keep bugs away from the vegetables in your garden? Today we’re talking about companion planting flowers and vegetables, and which flowers can keep the bugs at bay in your garden naturally.
8 Reasons You Kill Every Garden Plant You Touch
What keeps a beginner gardener lying awake in bed at night?
Is is realizing you forgot to water? Wondering if you should fertilize some more? Or if you accidentally ripped out your vegetables instead of your weeds?
No. It’s wondering why your plants are dying. . .yet again.
While I can’t know exactly every reason your plant bit the dust, here’s the most common reasons your plants are dying when you’re a beginner.
P.S. I debated whether I should fill this post with pictures of dying plants and thought that would be too depressing. So I decided to go with inspirational pictures in this one.
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Weeds vs Plants: Simple Tricks to Differentiate Between Weeds and Vegetables in the Garden
Your garden is in and your seeds are finally starting to poke above the ground. . . hurray! But there’s also some other things growing in your garden, and frankly, you’re not sure which is which. While I can’t possibly know every single weed in North America, I can give you some tips and things you can try before planting to help you figure out which plants are weeds, and which plants are those vegetables you worked so hard to grow.
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Week 6: Final Yard Transformation Reveal
Wow, what an incredibly busy 6 weeks this Yard Transformation Challenge has been. Thanks again to Nat of Simple Family Crazy Life for hosting the challenge and giving me some extra motivation to whip my yard into shape.
Missed the other weeks? Here’s Week 1 // Week 2 // Week 3 // Week 4 // Week 5
Let’s start with the backyard, and work our way to the front. Come on in. . .
50 More Perennials You’ll Regret Planting
Perennials are a fantastic, low maintenance investment for flower gardeners. Plant them once and they’ll return year after year. However, some perennials are a little too good at their job and can quickly take over your flowerbed and crawl into your lawn. What you thought was a low maintenance plant can quickly become your worst nightmare.
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