Garden Learning Center: Park's Blogs

Modern Homesteading: A Guide to Self-Sufficiency in the 21st Century

Modern Homesteading: A Guide to Self-Sufficienc...

Carrie Spoonemore

Modern Homesteading Is a Mindset and a Way of Life As the pace of consumerism and urban expansion accelerates, a growing number of individuals and families are turning to modern...

Modern Homesteading: A Guide to Self-Sufficienc...

Carrie Spoonemore

Modern Homesteading Is a Mindset and a Way of Life As the pace of consumerism and urban expansion accelerates, a growing number of individuals and families are turning to modern...

Why Growing Cabbage Is Trending: Easy Tips for Planting and Harvesting Cabbage

Why Growing Cabbage Is Trending: Easy Tips for ...

Stephan Winterfeldt

Find Out Why It’s Trending and How You Can Join the Cabbage-Growing Fun  In recent years, there has been a notable resurgence in the cultivation and consumption of cabbage. This...

Why Growing Cabbage Is Trending: Easy Tips for ...

Stephan Winterfeldt

Find Out Why It’s Trending and How You Can Join the Cabbage-Growing Fun  In recent years, there has been a notable resurgence in the cultivation and consumption of cabbage. This...

Understanding Hybrid Plants and Seeds: F1, F2, and Beyond

Understanding Hybrid Plants and Seeds: F1, F2, ...

Carrie Spoonemore

HINT: Hybrid does NOT mean GMO  If you’ve spent any time shopping for seeds, you’ve probably come across the term “hybrid.” But what does that mean? Are hybrids the same...

Understanding Hybrid Plants and Seeds: F1, F2, ...

Carrie Spoonemore

HINT: Hybrid does NOT mean GMO  If you’ve spent any time shopping for seeds, you’ve probably come across the term “hybrid.” But what does that mean? Are hybrids the same...

How Perennials Grow: What’s the 3-Year Rule?

How Perennials Grow: What’s the 3-Year Rule?

Shelby DeVore

Perennial plants provide long-term beauty and reliabilityin the garden, but they do require some patience. Unlike annuals, which grow quickly and complete their life cycle in one season, perennials take...

How Perennials Grow: What’s the 3-Year Rule?

Shelby DeVore

Perennial plants provide long-term beauty and reliabilityin the garden, but they do require some patience. Unlike annuals, which grow quickly and complete their life cycle in one season, perennials take...

Pest Repellent Plants: Combos to Protect Your Garden Naturally

Pest Repellent Plants: Combos to Protect Your G...

Stephan Winterfeldt

Plus Tips for Companion Planting and Interplanting for Repelling Pests  For a thriving garden it’s important to creating a balanced ecosystem where plants support each other to flourish. One of...

Pest Repellent Plants: Combos to Protect Your G...

Stephan Winterfeldt

Plus Tips for Companion Planting and Interplanting for Repelling Pests  For a thriving garden it’s important to creating a balanced ecosystem where plants support each other to flourish. One of...

Top 12 Pepper Companion Plants (& 3 to Avoid)

Top 12 Pepper Companion Plants (& 3 to Avoid)

Carrie Spoonemore

Whether you enjoy sweet or spicy peppers, we have the best companion plants to boost your harvest. We'll also discuss three plants that can harm your peppers and why they...

Top 12 Pepper Companion Plants (& 3 to Avoid)

Carrie Spoonemore

Whether you enjoy sweet or spicy peppers, we have the best companion plants to boost your harvest. We'll also discuss three plants that can harm your peppers and why they...