Gardening Archives

How To Test Soil The Way Pioneers Did

If you don’t have a fancy soil testing kit, you can still conduct some simple tests to determine your soil’s composition and PH.

If you’re counting on your garden to help sustain you during a disaster, you should focus on high-calorie crops that grow fast.

If you are looking for ways to increase your yield this year, check out these 13 strategies that can boost your harvest.

Neem oil comes from a fruit tree called Azadirachta indica. It is highly effective at battling a wide range of garden problems.

You might know a lot about gardening, but are you making any of these common garden watering mistakes? Make sure you aren’t.

Paper egg cartons are great for starting seeds indoors. They’re practically free, they’re the right size, and the carton is biodegradable.

Ginger is easy to grow and harvest. It is unique in its flavor and can be used to treat nausea, indigestion, and many other ailments.

A vast array of vegetable and herb plants can survive drought conditions and still generate a robust harvest from the survival garden.

Though this plant is sometimes known as a weed, learning about the benefits might make you reconsider eliminating it from your garden.

Here are the basic principles of what rooting hormones do, how they work, and how you can make some of your own naturally.