Egg Shell Composting Time Calculator
Gardening articles tell you to save eggshells which contain free calcium. Crush them after drying and turn them into your compost bin. When compost is … Read more
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Asparagus Seed Growth Time Calculator
You need patience when starting asparagus from seed. It will be three weeks before anything seems to be going on aboveground, but the root is … Read more
Flower Size Chart
TAKING A walk into the garden center on A saturday morning, you’ll see lots of pots in all kinds of shades and shapes. Most of … Read more
Tomato Plants Per Square Foot Calculator
Probably the first thing you did was grab some seedlings at nursery because they were pretty in their packets. Then you made a rough estimate … Read more
Parts Of A Flower Anchor Chart
If you went to school at all, you probably got the flower 101 lecture early: there are petals; there’s pollen; there are bees (who go … Read more
Cardboard Composting Time Calculator
To a composting expert, those empty shipping boxes is gold: They’re slow-release carbon, while you see just another heap of garbage. It is physics, not … Read more
Flower Type Chart
You’re in the garden center, holding a packet in your hand, expecting a show of color. You bring it home, plant it…but nothing happens. What’s … Read more
Compost Shelf Life Calculator for Garden Storage
This is the frustration of springtime gardening: You turn over what you composted last fall, and either it’s too wet (slimy with rot) or too … Read more
Monthly Flower Chart
The secret to making better garden is to plan for blooms instead of working harder. “It’s so frustrating when it is the end of October … Read more
Cow Manure Composting Time Calculator
When it’s done, I know: Cow manure smells very specific, nothing like the pungent ammonia of freshly mucked bedding, or the sour funk of anaerobic … Read more
Flower Season Chart
Why is the soil here empty in late April? Why aren’t those bulbs in yet? It’s not because we have bad luck (or bad soil). … Read more