Blossom End Rot & Poor Pollination Solutions

Is it blossom end rot rotting your crops? If you’re asking yourself “why are the bottoms of my tomatoes black”? Or if you’re wondering how you fix black bottoms on tomatoes, what’s causing your veggies to rot may be blossom end rot. And we’ll get into how you can fix black bottoms on tomatoes in this… Read more »

How to Harvest & Eat Your Broccoli Leaves Recipe

Looking for broccoli leaves recipes? We’ve listed a couple of tasty, printable broccoli leaves recipes later in this post. Plus, we’ve also included tips on how to harvest broccoli leaves if you’re growing your own vegetables. That’s because so many gardeners are growing your own food. Too, we’ve added a number of links to help… Read more »

Why Water Garden Soil Before Planting

Taking time to water garden soil makes a difference. If you’re planning to put in new plantings, be sure to water garden soil first. Of course, if you’ve had rain, your soil may already be sufficiently moist. Or, if you have an irrigation system, you may not need to water garden soil again before planting.… Read more »

5 Easy Ways to Reduce Gardening Waste

Looking for ways to reduce gardening waste? There are many ways to reduce gardening waste. And not all of them relate to reducing how many pulled weeds you send to the landfill. In fact, much of the environmental waste gardeners create comes from some things that might surprise you. So let’s look at 5 surprising… Read more »

Managing Weeds: Creeping Buttercup

Need help managing buttercup that’s invaded your garden? We get a lot of requests for help managing buttercup. That’s because this creeping buttercup is a tenacious garden invader. And if you’re like many modern gardeners, you want to get rid of buttercup without herbicides. And you want to know how to get buttercups out of… Read more »