Author: vickib

Nematodes are also called Eel Worms.   They are part of the Roundworm family just like the ones in your garden but a lot smaller in size. 0.5 to 1.5

Companion Plants as a Ground Cover started out with me asking Bob what would be a good ground cover around your plants that was perhaps also useful in the kitchen.

Nutrient Deficiencies can be a difficult thing to diagnose absolutely in a plant.Nutrients (also called elements or fertilisers) are either mobile OR not-mobile Mobile nutrients Mobile Nutrients are ones that move through

Carbon – How valuable is it for your soil? Back in July 2016 I posted an article on chemicals in horse manure and the damaging effects it had on that

Why use a Garden Cover or Mulch? Garden covers come in many and varied varieties of material creating a layer on the surface of a growing media – your garden

Fire Ants are Our Problem Too. Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) are quite small (2-6 mm) as is shown by the life size photo with one identifying feature being that they

Rock Minerals are not just crushed rock as most people think but are really a carefully blended mix of minerals such as Basalt, Gypsum, Lignite & Rock Phosphate. There can

Why would you use grafted plants? Grafting and budding is a growing technique used because some seed grown plants can take a very long time to flower & fruit, may

Environmental Effects On Plants can play a significant role in how well or poorly a particular plant will grow under certain conditions Some environmental factors that affect the growth of