Category: Home Garden
EPSOM SALTS FERTILIZER/FOLIAR SPRAY
Discovered hundreds of years ago in the well water of Epsom, England, Epsom salt is actually not a salt but magnesium sulfate, a mineral compound containing 10 percent magnesium and 13 percent sulfur. Its proponents say that adding it to…
HOMEMADE FERTILIZERS
BANANA PEELS – Eating a banana helps replenish lost potassium. Roses love potassium too. Simply throw one or two peels in the hole before planting or bury peels under mulch so they can compost naturally. Get bigger and more blooms.…
SQUARE FOOT GARDENING (HERBS)
from gardenweb.com: Quick Row-garden-to-Squarefoot translations: Thin to 12 inches = 1/1 Thin to 6 inches = 4/1 Thin to 4 inches = 9/1 Thin to 3 inches = 16/1 Thin to 2 inches = 36/1 Scatter = scatter (Some things…
VEGGIES AND GREENS FOR PARTIAL SHADE
Greens that thrive in partial shade: Arugula, endive, watercress: 3-4 hours of sun per day. These greens welcome shade as they tend to bolt and become bitter in too much sun or heat. Asian greens (bok choi, pak choi, komatsuna,…
COMPANION PLANTING
The benefits of Companion Planting include: Minimizing Risk: Increases odds of higher yields even if one crop fails or you are effected by natural hardships such as weather, pests or disease, the overall yield of your plot may be increased…
HOW TO GROW POTATOES
Potatoes are one of the easiest and most prolific home garden vegetables. The taste of freshly dug potatoes is a far cry from the starchy flavourless pulp that results from grocery store varieties bred for size and storage. Potatoes are…
BLACKSPOT ON ROSES
From rosemagazine.com Blackspot, “Diplocarpon rosae”, is a nasty fungus that manifests itself on rose bushes as black spots on leaves progressing to black spots fringed with yellow rings on both sides of the leaves. As they develop the spots enlarge.…