Companion planting is an organic gardening practice in which dissimilar crops are planted in very close proximity to one another. It is a central tenant of square foot gardening, which involves planting crops in square foot patches on a grid system. Square foot gardening aims to conserve space – companion planting helps conserve space as … Read more
Aquaponics is an innovative, super-efficient and fun method of gardening and a great way to keep some pet fish extremely happy. Gardening? Fish? What can these two things possibly have in common, you might wonder? Aquaponics is a form of hydroponics. Hydroponics is where plants are grown directly in water which is saturated with nutrients … Read more
It can be very discouraging to have crop after crop failure due to poor soil conditions. Some regions just aren’t suited well to gardening because their soil drains improperly, but fortunately there is a simple solution – raised bed gardening. A raised bed garden is simply a garden that is grown in soil raised atop … Read more
What conditions are necessary for a bog garden? Is it different from water gardening? Generally a swampy piece of ground, not under water, but where at all times there is plenty of moisture and usually too soft to walk upon. In water gardens the plants are immersed or floating. In bog gardens, the plants grow … Read more
What is the difference in value between peat moss and peat? Between domestic and imported peat? Peat moss is moss (usually sphagnum) in an advanced state of disintegration; peat is a product of some kind of vegetation (not necessarily moss) largely decomposed. Domestic peat is usually of sedge origin, although we have some sphagnum peat … Read more
Peat Moss: Peat moss derived from sphagnum bogs is perhaps the most universally available source of humus today. It is an excellent amendment for a variety of soils and kinds of plants and gardens. A neglected yet valid use for peat moss is adding it to the compost pile, not for further breakdown, which it … Read more