Cat grass is filled with nutritional benefits, it’s easy to grow, and it’s an affordable way to keep your feline friend happy and entertained for hours. For more ways to bring gardening into your everyday life, be sure to continue browsing ourBack to the Roots blog....
To grow my spicy mustard mix, I used a container from takeout Thai foot and a container from a natural food store that held some almonds for the wheatgrass. If you intend to grow large amounts of microgreens, it can be helpful to use seed starting trays to grow them in big batches. ...
Cat grass is typically grown indoors in pots or trays and can be offered to cats as a healthy snack or dietary supplement. So, the difference between them is that catnip elicits a temporary euphoric response in cats due to its nepetalactone content, while cat grass serves as a safe and be...
Find more information on setting up a window box properly, as well as some of the best produce to grow in them at HGTV Gardens. Shoe Organizer Garden A shoe organizer is one of the best assets to use for urban gardening– and it can be utilized either indoors or outside. They are aff...
Lavender seeds are slow to germinate and should be cold-stratified as early as 10-12 weeks prior to outdoor transplanting. After a 2-3 week cold-stratification, lavender seeds are best started indoors using unamended loose potting soil and a 6500k T5 LED grow light, allowing full lighting ...
Wheatgrass– This grass like herb grows very quickly from seeds. See tips forgrowing wheatgrasshere. Growing Herbs Indoors Herbs do well in the garden since they like a lot of sunlight, but if you have sunny windows, you can also grow them indoors during the colder months. ...
Well, the only thing I harvested this past week waswheat grassand a wee bit oflettuce.Not exactly the most exciting thing to report, but I’m happy to inform you my seedlings {both indoors and the greenhouse} are coming along wonderfully. ...
Native to Malaysia and India, lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) is a popular herb-like grass used in Southeast Asian cuisine. Lemongrass is easy to grow from seed, requiring no special pretreatment in order to germinate. Spread a thin layer of organic compost or vermiculite to just cover the lem...
For seven years, I've tried to grow as much of my own food as possible, going from a few pots on an apartment balcony to around 400 pounds of produce last year (not counting what we gave away because a girl can only eat so many cucumbers). This fixation with feeding myself started...
Finishing up my list of herbs to grow are some of my favorites. I love the anise like flavor of tarragon, and thyme is a herb that I use many times a week. Turmeric and wheatgrass are two herbs that are less common but both have medical benefits. ...