home-gardening

  • Gardening Jargon – Square foot gardening

    Gardening Jargon – Square foot gardening

    Square foot gardening is a modern way of home gardening where the gardening area/ Raised garden bed or box is divided in to small square sections. Pros As plants are grown close, weeds find difficult to grow Companion planting become more efficient Easy to manage and plan Cons As plants are grown closer, the water

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  • 7 amazing flowering pest repellent plants

    7 amazing flowering pest repellent plants

    Howdy Gardners, Here is the list of flowering plants which act as pest repellent ! Common lantana – Mosquites Alliums – Slugs, aphids, carrot flies and cabbage worms Chrysanthemums – Roaches, ants, japanese beetles, ticks, silverfish, lice, fleas, bedbugs, spider mites, harlequin bugs and root-knot nematodes. Marigold – Nematodes, aphids, mosquitoes and even rabbits Nasturtiums –

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