If you are looking for alternatives to growing your vegetables in a typical flower bed, I would absolutely give aquaponics a try, you can easily have fresh organic vegetables in a fraction of the time it would take to grow in soil and for a fraction of the effort. It’s a great talking point with guests and just plain simple rewarding fun for everyone.

Vermicompost is merely nothing more than worm castings after you have fed them a diet of organic material. It is one of the best forms of fertilizer you can add to your garden. So good that many home vegetable gardeners have created worm farms and vermicompost bins in their own back yards, sheds, garages and basements.

Many indoor gardening enthusiasts have begun to embrace the idea of hydroponic gardens. One way for an individual to get the most out of their high upon a garden is to install a 90 Watt LED grow light. A grow light is a vital component of any indoor garden since plants simply will not grow to their full potential if they do not get an adequate amount of light. Of course, not just any light will do when it comes to indoor gardening.

Do you enjoy growing your own vegetables with traditional earth methods? Or are you open to the new aquaponics farming? This is one type of future agricultural which is available today.

If you have never grown potatoes before, it is a good idea to familiarise yourself with the growing process of tubers, so that you can take appropriate and progressive action to ensure a successful crop.   While stems, leaves and flowers do form above the ground, it is the expanding section of the plant – the tuber – under the ground that forms the crop.

If you get serious about gardening at all this is one question you will soon find yourself asking. And really, for the weekend gardener or someone who isn’t concerned about self-sufficiency and growing food for your family and yourself, a greenhouse may not be right for you. But there is a multitude of benefits to having a greenhouse you just have to identify them and weigh the rewards.

If you’re looking for an exciting, tasting hybrid tomato plant to grow in your garden, now is the time to try out grape tomatoes. Originally developed during the 1990s, these dinky tomatoes have become hugely popular small-sized tomatoes.

With the approach of winter it’s true to say that most of us tend to do only those essential jobs in the garden and then retreat indoors for hot cup of chocolate and a seed catalogue! However, once you’ve emptied those tired looking arrangements of summer annuals from you outdoor containers, don’t put all of them away. I firmly believe that a few containers of winter bedding plants placed strategically within viewing distance of your windows or on a patio, do a great deal to brighten up those short winter days. Even when we can’t get out into the garden there’s no reason why we still can’t enjoy it. So here are a few of my favourite ways to brighten up outdoor planters in winter.

Not all onions are created equal. Some are green, some are white, some are yellow, some are closer to brown, while others are red. They also taste different from one another.

Do you have a nest box in your garden that seems to remain vacant year after year. Maybe you are thinking of buying a nest box and need advise on where to site it. Following these tips will encourage birds to use your nest box for raising nestlings and for winter shelter.

One rule of thumb to remember is that a healthy plant is a much less vulnerable plant. Pest and disease won’t be as much of a problem with healthy plants. Gardening is so much easier when the plants are healthy and doing exactly what they were planted to do, whether it’s just being beautiful or also producing food.

It is time to get out the sunscreen and get your summer lawn care maintenance program moving to the sunny beat. This may or may not be good for your lawn or soil so you would need to “test” this process for several days to determine if it will work for you.