Easy rhubarb butter to make from fresh rhubarb from your garden. Great canning recipe for beginners!
How to make your garden grow for you.
Learn which are the best squash companion plants to plant with both winter and summer squash varieties for a better harvest and less pests
Growing zinnia flowers in your backyard has plenty of benefits: These simple, low-maintenance plants provide colorful, wow-worthy, oversized blooms—with sturdy stalks that make them a prime choice for cutting gardens and indoor arrangements.
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Do you have trouble with growing great cucumbers organically? Learn about which crops make great cucumber companion plants and which ones should be kept far away in the garden.
Save money by blending your own homemade DIY potting soil mixes. These 6 recipes from a horticulturist are formulated for plants from vegetables to cacti.
Learn the two simple secrets that will help to keep your geraniums blooming strong and bright - all summer long!
Do you love growing okra in your vegetable garden? Learn the best okra companion plants to get a better harvest with fewer pests and healthier plants!
Landscaping doesn't have to cost a bunch of a money. Some great design planning and a little DIY work can give you cheap landscaping fixes that look expensive.
2 years ago…We tackled our first major project. Let that fester for a minute, 2 years ago… Here’s what our backyard looked like the first time we saw it ….. Huge ba…
Learn how to grow garlic, covering planting, growing, harvesting and storing the best garlic at home. Garlic is easy to grow, we show you how!
When you harvest cucumbers and realize you have too many cucumbers to eat, it’s time to try these ideas for what to do with extra cucumbers.
Dieffenbachia plants are easy to care for. Learn how to grow dumb cane: water, sunlight, soil, fertilizer, pruning, pest control, and more!
A Zucchini Frittata is a great breakfast, brunch, or dinner and this recipe is about as easy as it gets. In just about 45 minutes, you can have this tasty Italian dish on your plate.
Find out a ton of great ideas to do with all the excess tomatoes your garden produces. How to preserve them and tons of great recipes!
Art projects that are fun for kids and bring in big bucks for your school auction!
It's time to learn how to grow tomatillos – the lesser-known, zesty cousin of the tomato. They add a tangy twist to your favorite dishes.
Learn about how to plant, grow and care for lavender! There are many benefits to growing lavender, find out how to properly care for this great plant!
The most delicious relish recipe that is made with fresh picked zucchini and not cucumbers. A great way to use up the zucchini from your garden so that you can enjoy it all year long!
Late in the summer, many gardeners end up with too many tomatoes! Here are 28 ways to use all those extra tomatoes from your garden.
If you have an excess of jalapeños from your garden, I have some delicious ideas of what to do with jalapeños in order to use them all.
Knowing how far apart to plant tomatoes is essential for encouraging healthy plants and large harvests. Learn all about tomato spacing.
How to harvest sweet potatoes and cure them the right way. So your harvest can last for months in storage. Here is everything that you need to know!
Jolanthe from Homeschool Creations created this fantastic interdisciplinary, multi-skill printable gardening unit that would be perfect for spring and learning about the Earth. Featuring twelve colorful activities, here are a few of the highlights {as always, you'll have to visit Jolanthe's site for the full scoop}! Photo Source: homeschoolcreations.com Scissor Skills. In this exercise, students help 'water the flowers' by cutting on the line in order to connect the watering can to the colorful blooms. Jolanthe provides two scissor skill worksheets that can be printed onto different weights of paper to provide exercise variations. For additional fine motor practice, you might also consider laminating a copy of each worksheet, or sliding them into a plastic document sleeve, and placing a copy in the writing center along with a dry erase marker or crayon to use for tracing. Along with building hand strength, coordination, and learning how to properly hold a writing tool, the activity also provides pre-writing practice. Photo Source: homeschoolcreations.com Writing Patterns. While similar to the activity extension above, this pattern writing worksheet offers much more complex pre-writing practice - helping students practice directional movement, apply proper hand position, recognize the difference between drawing and writing, etc. Print onto the back of recycled worksheets or laminate for use with dry erase crayons. Photo Source: homeschoolcreations.com Colors & Shapes in Bloom. This activity is great because it requires your students to practice several concepts/skills at once - shapes, colors, color word recognition, and shape word recognition. Cut the descriptions from the flowers, inviting students to match the pieces, or have your students paste the blooms into a booklet, highlighting the color words and circling the shape words {or both!}. Photo Source: homeschoolcreations.com Parts of a Flower. With this fun puzzle worksheet, students will learn new vocabulary words and about the basic parts of a plant. First, invite students to construct the flower, placing the cards in the correct order, then match the appropriate vocabulary words to each part. Once they've had exposure to the words, have them play memory/matching games with the flower and vocabulary cards. Photo Source: homeschoolcreations.com Story Sequencing. This activity goes along with the book, Jack's Garden, by Henry Cole. After reading the story, invite your students to take these story event strips and put them in the correct order. This can be done as a class, in small groups, or as an individual assignment. These are just a few of the incredible activities Jolanthe has in store for your kiddos in her gardening unit. Be sure to visit her blog for more information and for the free download! Happy Learning!
Tomato pruning mistakes are common but anyone can learn how to prune tomato plants to promote healthy growth and large harvests.
