by Ilona Erwin | Garden How-To Practical Help, Good Soil, interesting facts
pH affects your plants. It is a measure of hydrogen ion concentration in the soil and has a scale 0 to 14.
by Ilona Erwin | Get Started Beginning Gardening, Growing from Seed, Spring
Seeds chosen for the way they make gardening fun and simple enough for a child. Here are some more inspirations for your garden this year, this time choosing easy seeds for simple garden plans.
by Ilona | Get Started Beginning Gardening, Monthly garden chores
Seasons While there are specific jobs for each month, yard gardening is mostly ruled by seasons and their weather patterns. In the temperate region of the Midwest we have more than the four seasons, because each one is nuanced by early, mid, and late versions. In...
by Ilona | Get Started Beginning Gardening, herbs
Quickest for many plants is by planting seeds, easiest way is through the division. Cuttings fall somewhere in between, taking time to grow the roots, and preserving all the qualities of the parent plant
by Ilona | Garden Tools, Gardening tips, homegardening
Every Garden Shed Should Have A Hoe One of the Basic Garden Tools Comes in Many Forms Think that all hoes are just six of one, and half dozen of another? Think again! Each style of hoe (and there are many) serves a specific purpose in making the hard row to hoe... by Ilona Erwin | garden tales, Get Started Beginning Gardening
Weeds, insects, disease, acts of nature, these all create gardening challenges. This year I faced more than a few, but the universal challenge to gardeners everywhere has to weeds. Weeds, Everyone’s Problem You would be surprised to know that I don’t hate...