By Lesley Barker
Growing your own vegetables saves on groceries, provides fresh nutritious food for your table and connects you to nature on a regular basis. It takes a plan, a few tools, seeds, mulch and several hours each week to grow a vegetable garden. Next, you'll probably need to learn how to can and make pickles, jams and jellies so that you can enjoy the fruits of your labor all year long. Locate the ...
By Bambi Turner
Lawn care companies are one of the easiest types of businesses for new entrepreneurs. This is due to the fact that very little money or experience is needed up front, as well as to the relatively low barriers for those wishing to enter this market. All that is needed is a few simple tools, a bit of a green thumb and a willingness to talk to potential customers. You will need to then sell them...
By Lisa Parris
Watermelons are heat-loving, heavy-feeding plants. Gardeners who plant watermelon can use grass clippings to help their watermelon seeds grow. Grass clippings give the young seedlings nitrogen. They can also be used as mulch. Mulch is a material that is placed around the plant to help the soil retain moisture while discouraging the growth of weeds. Grass clippings make very economical mulch and,...
By Lesley Barker
Moss is a type of green plant that grows in shady moist areas which is why we generally expect to find it growing in the woods. If moss becomes established on a lawn, however, it is very difficult to get rid of. Chemical treatments do not work well and also tend to destroy the grass as well. So, if your lawn has patches of unwanted moss, the best thing for you to do is change the conditions that...
By Naomi Judd
Growing your own vegetables is a fun and flavorsome project. There are several advantages of building a raised vegetable bed. Not only does it help to organize a garden, keeping the vegetables separate from flowers and non-edibles but it helps protect them from small animals, allows easier access for those with bad backs, helps to create landscape design and is cheaper than hiring someone to...