Category: Garden & Backyard

Spring is just around the corner.   I just saw a few robins for the first time last week and within the next week or so our weather is going to be in the 50’s.  It’s still to early to plant a garden in our area but it’s a good time to start planning for one.

I love our garden.  We plant lots of tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, green peppers, jalapeno peppers, banana peppers, green onions, zucchini and green beans.  We normally purchase small plants.  The only seeds we use are for the green beans.  We tried once to start out with seeds but it just didn’t work for us so we purchased the smaller plants and plant those. Continue reading “Start out small garden with a few tomato plants”

I’m here to show you how to pot and grow arugula indoors or at the nursery always try to buy healthy plant material. This is pretty healthy. You’ll have some yellowing leaves because you know they’re being grown outdoors. So sometimes they dry out but these are predominantly pretty healthy.

Next you’ll select a pot such as a clay pot that will drain very easily. Put a piece of broken pottery in the bottom for drainage. Take a little organic potting soil which is primarily peat moss leaf mold redwood. Compost a little bit of sponge rock. Take the arugula put it in the center place it firmly. Take the potting soil then put it around the plant pot it firmly around the sides. I like to shake it so now we have our pot in about two to three weeks. Continue reading “Grow Arugula Indoors”

Space can often be at a premium for many homeowners. Often, the current home or other dwellings found on the property simply do not provide enough space. As a result, many homeowners find that they need additional storage.

One terrific option for this storage is a storage shed. These sheds can be easily constructed and provide storage for just about anything a homeowner has. Perhaps the shed will be used to store gardening tools, outdoor children’s toys, yard furniture or even a lawn mower. The sky is the limit. Some homeowners, while providing storage space, also incorporate space for other activities and purposes into the design of their outdoor storage shed. Continue reading “Outdoor garden sheds”

Some trees usually have old branches which can fall off anytime. This will lead to an accident when anyone stands under the tree and then a branch falls down. It will also deteriorate a part of your home when the branch is hanging over your house. Hiring a tree service to trim down old branches and reduce the risk of damages due to falling branches. It will also help the tree grow a new branch that can be much stronger than the one which has been trimmed. Continue reading “Importance of Hiring a Tree Service”

Soil remediation mostly refers to the controlled and standard process of repairing and caring for polluted soil, ground water, or even surface water areas to turn them into beneficial for a healthy environment. Urban buildings are mostly located on contaminated land, particularly developed land that is full of a factory or even chemical warehouse. You will find it hard to build healthy gardens around your house. You can find a simple soil remediation method in order to minimize the toxicity of your soil. Continue reading “The use of Agricultural gypsum for soil remediation”