Garlic is very easy and rewarding to grow. You just need a few bulbs and lots of time. Here in Virginia (7A), I planted in October and harvested in June. This was my first time growing garlic and I was pleasantly surprised. How to grow garlic Get organic bulbs and...
My husband works in IT and I work in digital communications, so it should be no surprise that we digitized our garden last year by setting up an irrigation system and a system to control it digitally. Our software also allows us to check humidity and soil and air...
I signed up for an online class about Virginia native plants several months ago sort of on a whim. I really signed up for it because of the words "Virginia" and "plants" and thought it would be great to learn more. Well, I missed the key word, which is native. It has...
When I started my garden, I had a fence using T posts and plastic deer fence. It worked for deer but didn't keep out smaller animals that would come in underneath it. This year, since I was expanding the garden, I wanted to improve the deer fence as well. We decided...
If you have many different types of plants that you are growing, it can get confusing. I will show you how to organize your seed packets and all of your plant details, while making the information easily accessible from anywhere. I will also give you my template to...
After battling cabbage worms and losing, I decided to eliminate the problem by creating my own row cover hoops, which also work for frost protection, too. After setting up the row cover, I had no issues whatsoever with my next batch of cole crops. I even saw the pesky...