Trellising Tomato Plants
[The Garden Grows] This year, I’m going to try trellising my tomatoes. After all, tomatoes are a vine, and it makes sense that they can be trellised like any other …
Gardening
Build A Bean Teepee
Here’s a great idea for springtime: Build A Bean Teepee for the kids. What an awesome–and useful–fort. The idea is to tie poles together in a teepee shape and then …
5 Flowers That Attract Hummingbirds
[Birds As Art] Rather than put up a hummingbird feeder, why not plant some flowers to attract hummingbirds instead? In my yard they come twice a year, once when the …
How To Propagate A Fuchsia Plant
[Courtesy About.com] Fuchsias are one of the easiest plants to propagate. To grow your own, all you need it a clipping off another plant. That’s great because fuchsias come in …
Fava Beans
This is the remainder of my fava bean harvest. I probably could have gotten some more beans out of the plants but I needed to make room for the tomatoes, …
Free Green Onions
Here’s how to get some free green onions. Next time you get a batch from the grocery store, don’t throw out the roots. Instead, put them in a pot of …
Grow Your Own Tea Bush
[University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture] I was excited to learn about the Tea Bush, called Camellia Sinensis. All tea that we drink–black, green, oolong, etc.–is made from this bush. …
The Magic of Rot
My husband made me a rotating compost bin. Here it is: I proceeded to compost between April and December, about 8 months. I put everything in there that you should …
My $18 Rotating Compost Bin
As I mentioned before, I have been wanting a turning compost bin for awhile now. So last weekend, my husband made me one! He used a combination of scrap wood …
How Fruits, Vegetables And Spices Grow
Bored Panda has a great round-up of photos of how some of the fruits, vegetables, and spices grow. For instance: Cashew Coffee Artichokes Pistachio See the rest here.