Garden Solutions

Learn how to create shade in the garden: includes information on which vegetables need shade, and which percentage of shade cloth to use.

Learn how to make sweet potato slips with the faster soil methods or the traditional water method in this blog post.

Pruning your pepper plants is essential to keep them healthy and productive for many years if you live in a mild-winter climate.

Learn how to use nutrient-rich broccoli and cauliflower leaves from the garden, and don’t let them go to waste!

Square foot garden principles make gardening easy to understand, with simple steps to help you get started and be successful. 

Having a self-sufficient garden means that if I foster it, the garden provides much of what is needed for it to continue thriving from year to year.

For the best chance of success when starting seeds indoors or in a greenhouse, it’s crucial to begin with clean and sanitized supplies.

“Potting up” seedlings allows them to stay in the ideal conditions of your seed-starting area until they can be planted in your garden.

Using a planting calendar for the low desert of Arizona helps you be successful. A planting calendar takes the guesswork out of when to plant.

Adding shade cloth to a hot summer garden is easier than you think. This is how we added shade cloth to our Arizona garden this year.