New gardeners can find themselves shocked at the amount of work required to succeed. So, we’ve provided you with all the essential pros and cons of vegetable gardening below, which we hope will help you decide if you want to do it.
Growing a vegetable garden yields innumerable benefits, and you’ll also end up with tasty vegetables. Determining the relative value of a food garden depends on what you are measuring, though. If your cost/benefit analysis is financially focused or strictly time-oriented, you may be better served buying your produce, but research shows there are significant reasons…
Ashes (specifically untreated wood ashes) contain some compounds that may benefit plant growth. Still, there are a few important steps I suggest before you take your ashes into your garden.
Gardeners commonly receive advice to use ashes to fertilize their gardens. Maybe you’ve gotten the same advice or heard about large-scale agricultural operations using them. But are ashes good for your garden?
Hawai’i’s plant hardiness zones range from 9a to 13a. Most of its land area falls into hardiness zone 11. Hawai’i has a range of climate conditions, even including a polar region (and microclimates as well). However, you can enjoy year-round gardening in much of Hawai’i, with relatively mild weather and few extremes.
By the time it’s October in the northern hemisphere, days get noticeably shorter, and temperatures dip. Like many gardeners, you have likely finished one of the busiest parts of your growing season and are ready for a slower pace. However, don’t slow down too much. You still have a few tasks to help you have…