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Plant Something Long Island | Live Better | Grow Better
4y ago
For people with a green thumb, getting ready for spring gardening is like going to bed on Christmas eve for little kids. Gardening is a craft that takes a little love, care, and patience. To make spring gardening go smoothly its important to follow some preparation steps. Here are a few tips to prepare for spring gardening. Consider your gardening space. If you are just starting your garden, consider the area that you will be gardening in. Take into account the amount of sunshine and rain that your plants will get. This will help to determine exactly what you can plant in the area. You should ..read more
Plant Something Long Island | Live Better | Grow Better
4y ago
Basil is definitely one of the most beloved aromatic herbs in the world. It not only comes in many varieties and it is used in many dishes but it is also easy to grow both indoors or outdoors. But even if basil is one of those herbs that everybody grows in a pot, it seems that many cultivators are confused when it comes to harvesting. The basil leaves don’t need to ripe so many find it difficult to understand when to harvest basil without causing damage to the plant. When To Harvest Basil This is one of the questions that tormented me when I first started to grow basil. Although many garde ..read more
Plant Something Long Island | Live Better | Grow Better
4y ago
Spring is officially here—even if warm weather hasn’t reached all fifty states just yet. If you’re itching to get to work on your spring landscaping, here are some projects that you can start now. 1) Start researching which plants you’d like to grow this season and when to plant them based on your zone. Order seeds, bulbs, and saplings now so they’ll arrive when it’s time to plant. 2) When the ground is no longer frozen and the danger of frost has passed, you can begin to plant early flowering bushes like forsythias, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, lilacs, and azaleas; and trees like redbuds, magno ..read more
Plant Something Long Island | Live Better | Grow Better
4y ago
Used in a wide variety of salads and in many other recipes, tomatoes stand among the most popular vegetables on Earth. They are succulent and delicious, relatively easy to grow both indoors and in the garden and are rich in vitamins and antioxidants. Despite their popularity, many newbies wonder how much sun do tomatoes need to grow and ripe well. For this reason, we decided to answer this frequent question. Stay tuned to find out the answer. How Much Sun Do They Need? To put it plain simple: plenty. Tomato plants need at least six hours of full sun exposure daily, but if you want to ..read more
Plant Something Long Island | Live Better | Grow Better
4y ago
Gardening is fun, but if you don’t have a garden or if you live in a cold climate, growing your own vegetables might seem impossible.Nevertheless, there are alternative solutions if you want to eat your organic veggies no matter where you live. If you don’t have a garden where to build a greenhouse, you can create your own indoor vegetable garden by simply using pots and seeds of your favorite vegetables. There are quite a few options you can choose from when it comes to growing vegetables indoors. If you want to find out which goodies you can grow in pots, read this Indoor Vegetable Gardening ..read more
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4y ago
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Plant Something Long Island | Live Better | Grow Better
4y ago
CONTAINER VEGETABLE GARDEN: Ideal for growing vegetable in small spaces.
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Plant Something Long Island | Live Better | Grow Better
5y ago
For people with a green thumb, getting ready for spring gardening is like going to bed on Christmas eve for little kids. Gardening is a craft that takes a little love, care, and patience. To make spring gardening go smoothly its important to follow some preparation steps. Here are a few tips to prepare for spring gardening. Consider your gardening space. If you are just starting your garden, consider the area that you will be gardening in. Take into account the amount of sunshine and rain that your plants will get. This will help to determine exactly what you can plant in the area. You should ..read more
Plant Something Long Island | Live Better | Grow Better
5y ago
Basil is definitely one of the most beloved aromatic herbs in the world. It not only comes in many varieties and it is used in many dishes but it is also easy to grow both indoors or outdoors. But even if basil is one of those herbs that everybody grows in a pot, it seems that many cultivators are confused when it comes to harvesting. The basil leaves don’t need to ripe so many find it difficult to understand when to harvest basil without causing damage to the plant. When To Harvest Basil This is one of the questions that tormented me when I first started to grow basil. Although many garde ..read more