All Gardener's Corner Pages (186)

Minimize Transplanting Shock

The fun of growing vegetables, flowers, shrubs and trees from seeds and cuttings is so rewarding. But, transplant shock loss can take all the fun out when plants don’t grow or show the same vigor. P… View »

Harness Hydroelectric Power for Off-Grid Energy

Generate off-grid electricity from a private stream with a hydroelectric turbine. By Christopher James Marshall Electricity generated from running water can be one of the most affordable off-grid po… View »

Garden Trellis and Bird Feeder

Double-duty project pleases vines, birds and gardeners. Huge patches of 8-foot-high, wild, rough sunflowers grew in the unfarmed areas around us. We delighted in the antics of sunflower-feeding goldf… View »

The Best Planting Tip I Ever Received

This spring I started to convert an expanse of lawn around our house into gardens. To that end, we’ve been smothering several hundred square feet of lawn under cardboard, newspapers, and compost; pla… View »

How to Make a Scarecrow to Frighten Unwanted Critters From Your Garden

Build a simple scarecrow of your own design using wooden garden stakes, some old clothes and shoes, a little imagination and a hammer. STEP 1 Build Cross Frame You’ll need two p… View »

Garden With the Moon

Ever wonder if lunar gardening is right for you? Planting and harvesting by the moon are virtually as old as agriculture itself. Records of lunar gardening pepper historical records, from Pliny the… View »

All About Growing Garlic

Here is a concise primer on growing garlic that covers varieties, how and when to plant, pest prevention, and harvesting and storage. Your reward for growing garlic is the world of flavors that awai… View »

Growing Hops At Home

Growing hops at home, either for home beer brewing or to market to various microbreweries, isn’t as hard as one might think. Most commercial hop yards have long rows of trellises. A version of this… View »

Plants to Avoid

Don't Touch Me: Some weeds, like the dandelion, are both beneficial and a nuisance. However, there are noxious weeds which cause harm if you come into contact with them. Country MoonWeeds. Usually, t… View »

Homestead Legalities

When I first started homesteading, I lived in a small town outside of Dayton, Ohio. It had many environmental and community well-being programs such as being walkable, maintaining a large nature pre… View »