The Garden Patch
Cultivate your own ingredients. Guides and tips for growing vegetables, fruits, and herbs at home, no matter the space.
Starting an Urban Community Garden: A Guide to Viable Success
Before a single seed can be planted, an urban community garden site demands a minimum of six to eight hours of direct sunlight daily, a critical and often overlooked requirement in dense cityscapes, a
How to Improve Soil Drainage for Plant Growth: A Complete Guide
All water should drain from a 12-inch deep, 12-inch diameter hole within eight hours when testing soil drainage, according to Extension .
How to Test and Adjust Soil pH for Home Gardens
Even with the best fertilizers, your plants might be starving: if your soil's pH is off, they simply cannot absorb the nutrients you provide.
What Are Companion Planting Benefits and Techniques for Home Gardens?
At a small community garden, a single row of marigolds dramatically reduced aphid infestations on nearby tomato plants, illustrating a centuries-old gardening secret now backed by science.
How to Improve Homegrown Tomato Flavor: A Complete Guide
Organic nutrient solutions can dramatically improve the flavor of ripe tomato fruit, proving that a gardener's active choices matter far more than many realize.