Gardening may look like it’s all about throwing some seeds on a patch of earth and suddenly a bountiful garden of Eden erupts beneath your feet, but that’s not quite how it happens. To garden better, you need to put a little thought and planning into your patch, gain a little knowledge and a few …
Growing potatoes in containers with your kids is a super easy way to show them how food grows. Growing vegetables with kids is an essential skill especially in recent times. So just try growing potatoes from potatoes.
Learn to grow lettuce with your kids. Grow indoors, in pots or on the windowsill. Learn how to grow vegetablea and garden with your kids by..
Weeds can fill a number of roles in your garden, with a little know how they can help with, adding moisture, fertilizing the soil, mulching, attracting beneficial insects, or serving as food. Maybe it’s time to see your weeds as a blessing instead of a curse? Weeds, weeds everywhere and not a lot to eat! …
Things are finally starting to grow! Buds are forming on the trees and tiny flecks of green are appearing everywhere as the weeds start their conquest. Yes that’s right! March is here (finally) and this month there is so much to get started with in the vegetable plot. March is generally considered the start of …
Well, it’s almost time to start a new growing season so i thought it would be a great time to look at some vegetable garden tips and tricks to get your year off to a great start. Every year, every gardener will have successes and failures when growing vegetables. Last year, we managed to grow …
Gardening and growing your own food is an amazing skill to have, but its one thing to grow and harvest your own crops, but if you don’t also care for the soil it won’t be long before your crops dry up and life in your garden literally dry up. Why do we need compost? Your …
When starting a vegetable garden it’s important to have a few good tools to hand to make the job easier. Some essentials to include in your garden tool set are…
7 Common Mistakes When Starting A Kids Vegetable Garden – And How To Avoid Them! Are you desperate to spend more time as a family? Would you love to encourage your kids to eat a wider range of healthy food especially fruit and vegetables? Do you feel the need to connect with nature and …
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Did you know that you can now grow many of your favourite vegetables in really weird colours? We’ve all grown up expecting carrots to be orange but these delicious orange sticks of yumminess were originally purple! However, they now come in red, orange, yellow, purple, black and white. A true rainbow of crunchyliciousness. So let’s …
