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68Do You Suffer From Brown Thumb Syndrome? You Can Be Cured!
Brown Thumb Syndrome...it robs you of any gardening confidence and undermines your self esteem. Every time you pass by a gorgeous garden full of happy thriving flowers, you wonder what's wrong with you. Maybe your mother was frightened by a giant elephant ear plant just before you were born?
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70Gentian Growing Tips
While the gentian comes in a variety of annual and perennial species (with a few biennials), most people in the West know them as a dark blue flower, although the fringed gentian is gaining in popularity as well. Gentians grow in just about every...
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82Best Plants for Acid Soil
Do you have acidic soil? Are you struggling to find the best plants for acid soil? Learn more about what shrubs, trees, flowers and vegetables grow best in acid soil!
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67Three Easy Steps to Improve Garden Soil
Learn three easy steps to improving garden soil using organic gardening methods, plus information on preparing garden soil for beginning gardeners.
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74How to Improve Clay Soil and Poor Garden Drainage
If your garden has heavy clay soil you will not only find it hard to work with but find that many plants hate it. Learn how to improve both the texture of the clay soil itself and the poor garden drainage that results from heavy impacted clay.
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78How to Adjust Soil pH for Vegetable Gardens
The basics of soil pH and pH testing, including instructions on how to take a soil sample and ways to test for soil type at home.
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59Why is the pH of my soil important?
What is the ideal pH level? by Andy Gardener A soil pH level of 7 shows that the soil is neutral - neither acid nor alkaline. Whether this is good, or bad, for you garden depends on what you are growing. Many vegetables have definitive likes and...
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71Gardening: Advice for Improving Bad Soil
Spring is an opportunity to start thinking about awakening your garden soil from a long winter's nap. This article offers practical advice for making your soil healthy for the upcoming garden season.
67Organic Gardening is as Old as Dirt
Organic gardening seems to be all the rage these days, but it’s nothing new. It’ been around since mankind first scratched the soil with a hoe. In fact, up until the 1840s it was the only way to grow plants. However, people still seem to have...
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61Adjusting the pH in a Swimming Pool and Influence on Akalinity
How to adjust both high pH and low ph as well as the significance of pH to your swimming pool water’s chemical balance!
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