I recently built my first cinder block garden bed, and ever since then, I’ve been a big fan of using cinder blocks in lieu of wood or metal for raised garden beds. They’re inexpensive, they’re...

Last year, I decided that I wanted to build a raised garden bed against a wooden fence in my backyard. Those amazing metal Vego beds would have been perfect, but I couldn’t spend that kind of cash...

If you’ve thought about building a raised garden bed using cinder blocks, have you ever stopped to wonder, “What plants can I grow in cinder block holes?” I was in one of the big home...

I’ve been gardening for 10+ years, and in all that time, there are few pests that annoy me as much as spider mites. They arrive unnoticed, reproduce exponentially, drain plants of their cellular...

Marigolds have long been prized by gardeners for their ability to attract pollinators and repel certain garden pests (such as nematodes), which makes them a particularly effective companion to plant...

If you’ve gardened for any period of time, you’ve likely dealt with spider mites. These tiny little creatures appear unexpectedly and reproduce exponentially, and if you’re not careful,...