Cucumbers belong to the melon and squash family. These healthy vegetables are relatively easy to grow. You will even find that growing cucumbers in containers is easy too and usually thrive under the right conditions. Tips On Growing Cucumbers In Containers If you are a first-time gardener and want to start out growing a veggieContinue Reading…

Tips On Growing Fruit Trees Growing fruit trees in the garden or yard means you will have an abundant supply of fresh fruit.  Plus you will have fruit that has not been sprayed with anything toxic. That is unless you choose to spray them. The flavor of home-grown fruit is so much better than commercially grownContinue Reading…

Tips To Grow Carrots – The Little Ones Did you know that you can grow carrots and have them be the little ones? While the ones you grow in our backyard won’t be the perfect little oval-shaped carrots you can buy in the grocery store, they can be just as small and tender! And theContinue Reading…

Grow Avocados – Tips How to Grow Your Own Avocados are very healthy, very tasty, and very versatile ingredient! Which means that if you like avocados, you may wind up buying a lot of them every week. With prices averaging $1+ for conventional avocados and $1.50+ for organic ones, all those avocados can quickly addContinue Reading…

Japanese Beetle (aka June Bug) How To Control Them With the good weather here now, we all can enjoy the warm sunny days. Unfortunately, this brings some unwanted pests too. The June bug or American Japanese Beetle is a really unwelcome guest. As the name suggests, they are originally from Japan. They were first noticedContinue Reading…

7 Vegetable Garden Plants That Grow in the Shade Are you worried that you can’t grow your own vegetables because your yard has a lot of shade? There are actually many vegetables that can grow in shade, and some even prefer it! So if you want to start your own veggie garden, don’t let theContinue Reading…