You can help your soil support your plants, flowers, trees, shrubs, and lawns by learning what it is made of. Testing your soil involves a simple do-at-home science experience that you can complete in an afternoon.

I came across an article that claimed to make it easier to water squash! I was so excited that I posted the link on reddit... and then I found out that it was all a big scam! 

Everything that I read about soil makes me wonder if I've been an idiot my whole life, and didn't even know it. Some of the things they talk about in these complex articles, books, and blogs makes perfect sense to me, but putt it together is another story. 

You can't keep a plant alive, but you want to have a vegetable garden? No problem! I was definitely curious about which vegetables would be the easiest to grow, so I did a little research, and this is what I found.

This is my product review of the Ogrow Deluxe Walk-In 2 Tier 8 Shelf Portable Lawn and Garden Greenhouse.

I mentioned in another article called Greenhouse Research - that someone had told me about the beauty of using geothermal heat in a greenhouse. I wanted to know a bit more, and then I stumbled across this article that explains the use of a water tank for natural heat storage in a greenhouse.

We have about 15 tires that were left abandoned at the property. I have been out-voted 3:1 that they should be taken for recycling. But I'm holding firm on turning these tires into planters!

Cattle Panels, Cattle Panels, Cattle Panels! I love the idea of using cattle panels in the garden! This is a how-to, step-by-step tutorial on how to take a 16-foot cattle panel and turn it into 2 tomato cages that are sure to hold up to your heaviest heirloom.

It's March 29th and I have yet to actually start any of the seeds for my vegetable garden. So, it's time to remedy that problem, and the first thing I need to do is make some seed starters.

So, I've seen how well a store-bought tomato cage holds up to a health tomato plant, and it's just pathetic. I came across a few ideas for heavy-duty tomato cages - including this wonderful blog about how to build a heavy duty tomato cage with update on how well it worked out!