Q&A: How do I know how much water my plants need?
Watering can be one of the trickiest parts to growing food. Watering too often can lead to oxygen-starved roots, and too little water can lead to wilted and dead plants.
Category: Growing Food
Apricots: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!
Apricot trees are a great, unique addition to your garden! They will do best when planted with another apricot tree to help pollinate each other. Apricot trees are hardier than its other relatives, but still thrive in a moderate climate that doesn’t get too hot or too cold (zones 4-10).
Chamomile: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!
Chamomile is not only a beautiful addition to your garden with its ‘daisy-like’ white and yellow flowers, but is great for its usefulness as a companion plant. Chamomile helps to repel pests from neighboring plants because of its strong smell. This blog post talks about how you can plant and grow your own chamomile with our free mobile app!
Cilantro/Coriander: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!
Cilantro is one of our most commonly used herbs in the kitchen. If you let it go to seed, you can get a second herb from the same plant: coriander! Both versions of this plant will give your dish a tasty kick!
How to Manage Earwigs!
The most characteristic feature of this fast-moving reddish-brown to black insect is the pair of approximately an inch long pincers at the tip of a long abdomen. Earwigs thrive in tight, dark, moist places such as under stones, in mulch, soil, (compost & vermicompost bins), and anywhere there is an accumulation of plant debris.
Why We Grow Different Types of Beans & How We Use Them
We grow a variety of different types of beans throughout the year. We pretty much are growing a version of peas and beans year round where we live!
St John’s Wort: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!
St John’s Wort is commonly known for its medicinal purposes. What is not as commonly known is just how beautiful this plant’s flowers are! Beneficials such as bees and butterflies will be drawn to this beauty in your yard as well helping to pollinate your garden. St John’s Wort makes a terrific companion plant for many of your other plants!
December: Preparing For Our Growing Season
During the holiday season, we’re focusing more on our upcoming season than what we’re currently growing.
New Update Available! Recipes, UI Improvements & More!
There’s a new version of our app available on both iOS & Android! You can download the update from the App Store or use the links below! Growing for Health Redesigned The plants list has been redesigned to better emphasize our Growing for Health feature! Filter the plants list to show what you can grow to help with 25+ common health issues and then tap on the plant to learn how to grow it! New […]
November: What We’re Growing in our Backyard Oklahoma Urban Garden
Happy November! November is a month for feasting, and what better way to celebrate the holidays and give thanks than to eat what you’ve grown in your garden!