If you’re new to vegetable gardening, growing just a few tried-and-true family favorites is a good way to start. Tomatoes are an excellent choice, as are chard and squash. If you have kids, consider radishes, carrots, and beans—they grow quickly and easily. Or try a “pizza” garden...
their fragrance, or blooms. Easy to grow, herbs are a wonderful addition to your garden, while you can just as easily create an indoor herb garden too, because there are so many ways (and places) to grow them. They can be grown in a dedicated border, interplanted ...
How to Create a Moonlight Garden If you’re looking for more ideas on creating a theme garden, Garden Themes for Home Gardens and How to Grow a Tea Garden will help you on your gardening journey. You craft an enchanting stage where the moon dances off every surface by carefully selecti...
rue, or tansy near your affected plants to deter Japanese beetles. (Roses love garlic is a popular expression.) All herbs and other aromatic plants make wonderful companions. Scented geraniums(Pelargonium), rue(Ruta), feverfew(Tanacetum), parsley(Petroselinum), and thyme(Thymus)all may help ward...
Blue bugloss might be hard to find in the garden center, but you can search online for this easy-to-grow perennial with brilliant blue flowers. Closely related toborage, blue bugloss has airy bloom spikes in late spring. This clump-forming perennial self-seeds, which makes it a wonderful ...
Before planting your seeds, you will have the greatest chance of success if you stratify them first. This means you treat them to replicate natural conditions to signal the seeds that it’s time to grow. Blazing star needs cold stratification to germinate. Seeds can be stored in the refrigera...
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Dandelion, Tansy, Fennel, Butterfly Weed, Common Yarrow, Bugleweed, Cosmos, Maximilian Sunflower, Caraway, Angelica, Statice, Feverfew, Coreopsis, Chives, Coneflowers, and Mint are some of the plants you can grow easily to attract ladybug in your garden. ...
(Ruta), feverfew(Tanacetum), parsley(Petroselinum), and thyme(Thymus)all may help ward off Japanese beetles as well asaphids. Try ornamental and culinary sage(Salvia), anise-hyssop(Agastache), Russian sage(Perovskia), lavender(Lavandula), yarrow(Achillea), oregano(Origanum), catmint(Nepeta)and ...