Vegetable Root Depths: Find Out How Deep Your Roots Can Grow and Why it’s Important
Each type of vegetable plant can grow its roots to a certain maximum depth. This has many implications on how you should plan and care for your vegetable garden.
Need help with pollination and pest control? Attract hoverflies to your garden
Find out how to attract hoverflies to your garden
How to use garlic to safely and efficiently control garden pests
Garlic is commonly found around the kitchen but is highly effective in controlling garden pests. Using garlic for pest control is easy and very safe.
Ants in the vegetable garden: good or bad?
Ants are usually regarded as pests but they do quite a bit of good in vegetable gardens and outdoor areas, and only rarely need to be controlled.
Slugs and snails can be good for your vegetable garden if kept under control
Snails and slugs can damage a vegetable garden overnight but you shouldn’t get completely rid of them either.
Ladybug larvae look nothing like ladybugs: Here’s what they actually look like
Adult ladybugs and their larvae are predators of many pest insects. Knowing what ladybug larvae and eggs look like will help you not mistake them as pests.
Mealybugs: alarming white cotton-looking bugs on your vegetable plants?
White cottony bugs on your vegetable plants? Here’s how to get rid and protect your plants from mealybugs.
Biodiversity is the key to a healthy and productive vegetable garden
Creating a biodiverse vegetable garden can make growing a lot of high-quality vegetables a lot easier.
Pollination by bees can help you grow better quality vegetables
Bees pollinating your vegetable plants will help you get more and better quality vegetables.
Are millipedes and centipedes good or bad for the garden?
As their name suggests, millipedes and centipedes are arthropods with a lot of legs. Both millipedes and centipedes like dark moist environments and can usually be found under pots, logs, and large stones, in the garden. Millipedes have two sets of legs on each body segment, while centipedes have only one set of legs on […]