If you are interested in adding some bananas in your small home garden, one of the important factors is the application of a fertilizer. Through this post, we are going to focus on the best fertilizers for banana trees along with some basic facts that can help you grow them much easier and more productively.
Tiny Serial Killers What comes to your mind when you think about the most dangerous animal in the world? Do you think of disease-carrying rats? Maybe, Man-eating lions or deadly sharks? Surprisingly, none of these animals, no matter how dangerous, can compare to the top killer weighing only a mere two and a half milligrams: …
Ironing at the Kinks I remember getting a bad greenish gash on my left arm a while back. No, it wasn’t from some weird infection. Here’s what happened: I was having an otherwise lovely day in my yard when I, unfortunately, tripped on my garden hose and fell arms first into my uncut grass. Amusingly, …
Splitting Hairs Many will tell you about the myriad of benefits that come from manually splitting those logs in your yard. Some advantages include exercise, sticking to a routine, and just plain old-fashioned manual labor to keep you honest. Although these points may be right, you won’t always have the time, energy, or vigor to …
The Long Haul The classic garden tractor is your yard’s trusty workhorse. Although garden tractors are capable machines in most properties that are at least half an acre, they’re especially necessary on large and vast swathes of land. Naturally, they will be the better choice over your reel mower. Hence, whether you’re maintaining a couple …
Unwanted Visitors Mice, some keep them as pets, but most either find them annoying or completely hateful. Whichever group you’re in, you’ll agree that mice will always need a form of control or containment. More importantly, controlling pests such as mice becomes a priority when you have food and produce to protect. Hence, gardeners often …
Would you fancy keeping your lawn neat, clean, and trimmed, with a tool stronger than a reel mower but without the heft, fumes, and gas-mixing of a z-turn? For people with the green thumb, an electric lawn mower might just be the most attractive option!
Few things annoy and trouble gardeners as much as weeds. These invasive, and quick-growing pests can quickly consume the nutrients in your soil and choke the life out of your turf and garden. Although to adequately combat this resilient foe, I had to thoroughly learn about weeds, their different types, and kinds, as well as …
Are you a fan of overgrown, unkempt grass? Neither am I. As gardeners, keeping our lawns neat and tidy is one of our top priorities. Also, well-maintained turf speaks volumes about the person that keeps them that way.
For many gardeners, it all starts with a shovel, some seeds or plants, and a love for making things grow. You may have had little or no idea about the right type of soil, or the specifics on watering, nutrition, and location. Also, there may have been a lot of trial-and-error, touch-and-go, and patience at …
A trusty wheelbarrow is one of the first things any respectable gardener will need once you upgrade from anything smaller than pot. Fortunately, unlike the wheelbarrows of yesteryear, we’ll have more than just old hulking steel models that are encrusted with concrete from its last job. And for the discriminating gardener, only the best wheelbarrow …
For those wanting the look of a clean, neat, striped and manicured lawn, then mowers are an absolute must. However, when the wide cutting widths of zero-turn mowers are overkill for your relatively small yard, then you might fare better with an efficient push-reel mower. Not only will you get a more compact mower that …
Sadly, like many of you, I have a tight schedule that won’t always let me wax meditative on the fallen, rust and coffee-colored leaves of fall. So, since using a broom or rake will take hours of work, my best backpack blower is my helpful friend. However, like a true friend, I had to search …
One primary adversary of any gardener is weeds. These uninvited guests and freeloaders literally suck the life out of your plants and vegetables. Moreover, they take up so much of our time when we would routinely rid our gardens of them. In fact, a statistic in 1991 states that the average annual monetary loss due …
The Green Grass of Home Regularly watering your lawn can be quite relaxing and cathartic, and of course, vital for green and healthy grass. However, it may stop being a joyful routine when you’ve got a large lawn with a lot of grass to cover. Additionally, our schedules may change and then become tighter.
There are a few things as fulfilling as seeing vast swathes of bright green grass or running barefoot on soft turf. That feeling is probably one of the reasons why lawns typically take up the most space in American yards. In fact, the average American lawn space is around 0.225 acres or around 10,000 square …
A Professional Cultivator Are you looking for the best rototiller for your gardening needs? You’ve come to the right place. After considering the top three tillers from Mantis, I’ll be compiling five more excellent rototillers from different brands and at different price points.
Upgraded Pruning Shears Loppers are the perfect middle ground when secateurs just won’t do and when a pruning saw would be excessive. Conversely, loppers that claim to do a good job flood market, and most do. Only a few, though, do that best of jobs. With this in mind, I’ve listed and reviewed the six …
The Best Mantis Tiller In this article, I’ve compiled the top three best Mantis Tiller reviews. Why? For the simple reason, that gardening should be a joyful and fun activity. Let me explain.
A Guide to Picking the Best Trimmer Lines There are a lot to learn in life’s misadventures, I always say. This time, I was in need of a good, or rather better trimmer line as the one I had recently bought melted into itself after a couple of uses. A phenomenon trimmer experts call welding. …