Making Your Own Biochar
Imagine if you could save the earth by starting a fire in your garden. Sounds crazy? Maybe, but maybe not. Biochar can sequester carbon into the soil, improve soil condi… Read More
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Hugelkultur: Something to Think About for Fall
Hügelkultur. If you don’t speak German, it’s pronounced ‘hoogle-culture’. What it means is “hill culture” or “mound bed&rd… Read More
Essential Gardening Tools for Fall
Fall is the time to wind down and put the garden to rest for the winter. For annuals and plants grown as annuals, the declining temperatures are a cue that their seaso… Read More
Simple Ways to Help the Bees
Bees are facing greater pressures than ever before, but there are things that you can do to help your local bee community! By making these simple changes or additions… Read More
Growing a Pollinator Garden
Pollinator gardens have been in the news these last few years. Most of the articles focus on monarch butterflies and planting milkweed to support them. But they can be s… Read More
Shovels and Spades: What's the Difference
In prepping for this post, I did a little informal research and asked some friends and neighbors if they knew the difference between a shovel and a spade. Every one of… Read More
How to Have A Successful Raised Garden Bed
You’ve decided to start a vegetable garden and to use raised beds. First, you need to build or buy your beds. They can be made from just about anything. Wood, st… Read More
Stress-Free Weeding | Garrett Wade Blog
5 Tips to Make Weeding Easier The right tools make all the difference when it comes to stress-free weeding. With gardening comes a lot of… Read More
Container Gardening: Getting the Thrills, Chills, and Spills of Great Container Design for your home.
How to Plant a Beautiful and Productive Container Garden in 5 Easy Steps. Container gardening is exactly what it sounds like: gardening in containers such as plan… Read More
When and How to Prune a Hydrangea
Featuring new bypass Pruner from February/March 2022 catalog. A hydrangea is kind of like a pair of well-made shoes: when cared for properly, it can last forever.… Read More