Two of the most important factors that can affect your garden's health are soil quality and weeds. Although the quality of soil in your garden may be high when you start out, it will deteriorate and will continue to deteriorate as time passes.

Maintaining the quality of your garden soil mix is one of the things you have to be on top of if you want a thriving garden ...[More]

Making your own gardening compost is very easy. You get the benefit of producing natural fertilizer for your plants.

Compost contains decayed organic material. Things such as manure, leaves and un-eaten food are left in a compost pile to decay and decompose. Organisms within the soil will slowly turn this decaying pile of scrap organic material into fine soil material that can be added to your vegetable garden soil ...[More]

Home garden fertilizer and water are the two most important sources of liquid and nutrients for the backyard. Needless to say that, without water, nothing will survive.

With these two components, a lawn will support the plants you cultivate in it. The problem stems from application of these two sources. Specifically, it becomes a question of quantity. Just how many times should I water this plant in a week? How much fertilizer should I mix with this soil ...[More]

Soil is a basic, necessary element among majority of the plant life found in our world. While the sun also provides energy for plants to absorb, it isn't the be all and end all of a plant's existence.

In fact, it is the soil that produces most of the nutrients while the sun's energy allows plants to chemically process those nutrients. In combination, the sun and soil condition provide the plants with a good growth environment ...[More]

Soil pH levels or the relative degree of alkalinity or acidity is a critical component to a plants environment as changes in pH affects the roots ability to absorb nutrients.

pH measures the concentration of hydroxyl ions or hydrogen ions - and identified as 'ions' due to being electrically charged. The hydroxyl ions are a negative charge while hydrogen ions are a positive charge ...[More]

What exactly does a gardening soil testing kit do? In general, soil sample testing kits measure the PH levels contained in the soil.

But more often, you see scientists instead of gardening hobbyists using this tool. Since gardens have survived for centuries without a soil test kit, why use one at all ...[More]

Tulips are very easy to plant and tend. Having evolved in rocky, barren soil and hot, arid weather, they really won't need that much attention when it comes to watering the garden.

Still, it would help to grow in moist soil when you first plan them onto your garden ...[More]

You may think it a simple task, but lawn care maintenance – the task of maintaining a healthy, well trimmed lawn is sometimes harder than it looks and knowing when and how often to cut the grass is a skill worth learning.

Longer grass grows slower than shorter grass. As the blades grow longer, the grass gets healthier and becomes visible by its rich dark green coloring ...[More]

Your garden and lawn won't survive without water and fertilizer. Well, that's not really true. You can do without fertilizer sometimes; but you can't do without water.

Anyway, water keeps your plants alive and fertilizer makes your plants healthier ...[More]