Cucumber leaf with powdery mildew
Are you having problems growing your vegetables?
Every gardener at one point or another faces a few common problems when growing vegetables. These problems include seedlings that wilt, plants that stay small and look yellow, scorched-looking leaves on your plants, tomato plants that look distorted and rough, or when snap bean flowers do not succeed even to develop.
Take a minute to think about the trees in your yard or neighborhood. What’s one of the main things that make a community desirable and beautiful?
Mature trees!
We previously covered the zero waste movement and what it means, beyond reducing what you send to the recycling facility or landfill.
Maybe the term and description have sparked some ideas for how you can cut down waste.
Perhaps you’ve been waiting for the impetus to start practices that reduce or eliminate waste because, let’s face it, sometimes we rely on convenience foods and products.
It’s hard to switch up your routine in the midst of a busy lifestyle.
However, don’t fear! Even if you can’t cut out all of our waste, there are simple ways to drastically reduce it that can positively impact your house, your garden, and your budget.
Zero waste concept – using Eco-friendly bags instead of plastic bags
Like many typical Americans, you have probably heard the term zero waste and passed it by.
Maybe you have remembered how Sweden has almost stopped producing trash and wondered distractedly how they pulled that off.
Or maybe you took a quick mental journey around your house and thought, “no way,” as I did initially.
You can get going on a major guilt trip if you think for even a few minutes about how much stuff you’re sending to a landfill. I think that’s why many people prefer not to think about it.
What if you could decrease your home’s energy use by 90% while keeping the same, comfortable indoor temperature year-round?
Does that sound like an impossibility to you; like something from a Jetsons-like future that never seems to materialize?
I don’t know about you, but with some of the warmer temperatures we’ve been having in Michigan, I’m starting to get impatient for spring to come! It can be hard, in these first few weeks of spring, to believe it is really coming.
Everything is brown and dull, and we’re still getting fits of snow here and there. It may be days, or it may be weeks before the tree buds start to open, and the grass begins to turn green.
But you know what? I saw some of my first spring flowers starting to poke their green heads out of the ground the other day. These indispensable beauties can’t be daunted.
There are many benefits to getting your kids, grandkids, or any kids you know to go outside and garden. The younger your kids are when you start, the more chance they have to enjoy gardening all their lives. However, if you have older kids, it’s not too late!
Often, a love of gardening starts with a love of good food or interest in learning how to cook. There are so many books and shows out there about good food.
Take some time to watch or read something with your kids and then talk about how you could incorporate it into your lives together!
In this article, we will cover how to move forward with creating a garden you can practically enjoy with your kids without spending hours and hours or very much money. It can be done!
Maybe you’re one of those rare parents or grandparents whose kids are already excited about being outdoors, digging in the dirt, and doing manual labor instead of playing video games or texting their friends. If so, you probably don’t need this guide.
However, did you know that an increasing number of children, especially in urban areas, don’t know how milk or eggs are produced, or where they come from?
It’s hard to know where to start with the global plastic pollution crisis. Different publications site different statistics to help us visualize the scope of the problem. Anyway you cut it, the amount of plastic that is sitting on our earth or floating in our seas as waste is frightening.
Rootwell Products, Inc. is a company that is passionate about keeping the world green – wherever green things are growing. We want everyone to feel successful at growing green things in their homes, yards, fields, balconies or community gardens.
And we know this takes practice and a lot of expert advice. We strive to bring a variety of topics to you to help you to grow more green things successfully and to be informed about what’s going on with our earth.
Every New Year we round up the 20 most popular articles from the previous year according to Google Analytics. It’s fun to see what our readers liked most! It also helps us to know which articles were most exciting and helpful to you – our valued readers.
You know what else helps? Your comments and suggestions! We appreciate them all.
We hope this list also helps you find more topics you haven’t read about in one handy location. So, without further adieu: