Cannabis Strains to Add to Your Garden

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Cannabis Strains to Add to Your Garden

guest post by Zaroon Khan

Whether you have been a lifelong weed aficionado or enjoy the occasional toke for the benefit of CBD, you might consider growing your own ganja from home. As decriminalization and legalization efforts take hold in states across the country, more people are gaining the opportunity to experiment with cannabis cultivation. Though you should check with your own state laws to be certain, it is likely that you can plant some pot in your garden plots for safe, sustainable and fun access to premium weed.

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How to Start a Gardening Blog from Scratch

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How to Start a Gardening Blog from Scratch

Guest post by Natasha Shetty

Gardening, like a garden itself, is an evergreen topic. The same holds true for a blog about gardens and gardening. In fact, gardening is a passion, an interest and a hobby that millions of people around the world pursue avidly. There are also a number of professional gardeners who provide vital tips and tweaks about gardening and related topics.

Ask anyone who knows gardening and they’ll surely testify it isn’t that proverbial cakewalk that involves writing merely about plants, soil, fertilizers and other paraphernalia. Instead, a gardening blog requires year of extensive experience as a hobbyist or professional gardener.

If you’re from either of these two categories- professional gardener or gardening aficionado, here are some tips that can help you start a gardening blog from the scratch in 2020.

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Tips for Growing a Successful Food Garden

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Tips for Growing a Successful Food Garden

guest post by Carrie Spencer

Hoping to grow your own food? Gardening is a great way to save money on the freshest produce possible. That said, growing herbs, fruits, and veggies can feel a little intimidating to first-timers. But it does not have to. There are plenty of easy ways to get started that will not overwhelm you no matter what you want to grow.

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Bonsai for Beginners: Where to Start?

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Bonsai for Beginners: Where to Start?

Guest post by Kaizen Bonsai

When it comes to growing your own Bonsai tree, there is a common misconception that they are extremely difficult to care for. However, this is not the case and beginners are perfectly capable of growing their own Bonsai tree indoors and caring for it. In this article, we will talk you through the three main techniques of growing a Bonsai tree; cultivation, styling and care.

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10 Tips for starting your food garden

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10 Tips for starting your food garden

Interest in gardening has taken off since COVID-19 has forced most of us to stay at home for long stretches of time. While many people in the US have taken this time to start a food garden and to learn about how to be more self-sufficient, others have found that gardening relieves their boredom and provides other mental and physical health benefits.

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Zen Garden Ideas

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Zen Garden Ideas

Gardens are a beautiful way of staying in touch with nature. Even the smallest amount of ground in your front or back yard can be turned into a garden, and with little effort, you can have your own veggies or a colorful setting where you can go to relax. Gardening became so popular recently that Americans spent $3.5 billion on gardening food in 2013; currently half of US homeowners work on their gardens. After all, there’s nothing better than witnessing plants that thrive around you.

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5 Ways to Grow an Indoor Herb Garden

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5 Ways to Grow an Indoor Herb Garden

It is relatively simple and straightforward to grow a herb garden indoors as long as you have the relevant knowledge. Growing your herb garden is an excellent way to satisfy all your needs without going to the market to buy them again and again. The current situation with the pandemic means you should minimize the times you venture out, as you risk contracting the virus every time you go out.

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Four Mint Iced Tea (harvest recipe)

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Four Mint Iced Tea (harvest recipe)

Updated 03/19/2025

If there is one plant anyone can grow, it’s mint. This perennial, hardy herb isn’t very fussy: it needs moist soil and prefers partial shade, although it will also grow happily in full sun as long as you keep it watered and fertilize with a liquid fertilizer every 6 to 8 weeks. Left to its own devices, it will take over your growing space, so it’s usually best to grow it in containers. Even a small container of mint can provide you with an ample amount of herb to use in teas and culinary dishes, and clipping once the stem has produced several sets of leaves will encourage the plant to send out produce more. In fact, it’s best to clip the leaves on a regular basis for a healthy plant that will offer you an abundant harvest.

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Using integrated pest management in your home garden: why it’s more important than ever

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Using integrated pest management in your home garden: why it’s more important than ever

If you’ve ever had a garden, you’ve dealt with pests. That’s an inevitable part of gardening; some seasons you may find that your garden is relatively pest-free, while other seasons herbivore pests will ravage your plants. Most gardeners resign themselves to having to share at least some of their crops with pests, and some even plant things that are specifically meant to attract herbivores so that they’ll spare other parts of the garden Whether it’s insect pest or the animal variety, there are a number of steps you can take to minimize damage to your plants without harming the environment and without resorting to the use of pesticides or other poisons.

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How to Create a Kitchen Garden (Infographic)

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How to Create a Kitchen Garden (Infographic)

Guest post by Alan Crowe

Many of us live in situations where we don’t have the benefit of access to vast open spaces of green. With apartment living, you might be lucky to have a balcony and maybe a communal space to enjoy. Just because you don’t have a garden doesn’t mean you can’t get involved in gardening, though!

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5 Human-Powered Garden Tools for More Sustainable Farming

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5 Human-Powered Garden Tools for More Sustainable Farming

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Guest post by Wendy Dessler

Humans have never been shy of using technology to make work easier, more efficient, and increase yield. Clearly, the agricultural sector has gained a lot from power-- tools used to make cultivation easier and crop farming more productive. But according to Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), there’s a need for reforms if more sustainable farming is to be realized.

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Why Growing a Food Garden Is More Important Than Ever

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Why Growing a Food Garden Is More Important Than Ever

The industrial food system, sometimes referred to as industrial agriculture, or “big ag,” refers to the current system of commercial food production, which relies heavily on synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides. This system developed during World War II, when militaries relied on chemical weapons to fuel their war machines. After the war, the leftover chemicals began to be used in agricultural applications, enabling farmers to go from self-sufficiency to major commercial growth in a relatively short span of time. However, the technologies that enabled farming to go big also brought changes that are currently threatening the livelihood and health of farming families, their workers, the environment, and each one of us.

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How to Use Baking Soda as Organic Fungicide for Your Garden

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How to Use Baking Soda as Organic Fungicide for Your Garden

Guest post by Owais Shah

Updated 09/28/2022

The use of baking soda as a fungicide is not new and has long been utilized by gardeners to protect their plants. Scientifically known as Sodium Bicarbonate, it has been an effective and safe fungicide for the treatment of various fungal diseases such as powdery mildew. It is also effective at eliminating the effects of fungal diseases on common vegetable plants.

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