Tired of flimsy metal cages that keep breaking every season or topple over from the weight of your plants? If you want an easy and inexpensive way to trellis tomatoes, let me introduce you to the Florida weave. Also known as the basket weave method, it goes up fast and uses everyday supplies you might already have around the yard.| Garden Betty
The cool thing about bird's nest fungus isn't that it looks like a real nest filled with eggs—it's that it launches its "eggs" like a cannonball through the air to reproduce! These tiny mushrooms show up wherever there's decaying organic matter, so you'll find them in rotting timber, wood mulch, and dead vegetation.| Garden Betty
What to do with an old Christmas tree? Anything BUT throw it out. Even though the holidays are over, your tree still has some life left in it. These 10 clever ideas will have you scheming new ways of repurposing a dead or dying Christmas tree for countless uses around your home and garden.| Garden Betty
Succulents have earned a reputation for being impossible to kill because of their easy care and low-maintenance needs as far as houseplants go. But have you ever thought about growing a succulent for its flowers? There are actually hundreds of succulent species that produce beautiful blooms, and some of these desert plants even bloom in winter!| Garden Betty
When it comes to planting a new tree, spring has become the default season but in most areas, it's actually better to plant a tree in fall. Why? It all comes down to favorable air and soil temperatures, less stress on the tree, and less work on your part to keep it healthy until it grows new leaves.| Garden Betty
Fall leaves are a gold mine in the garden because they're a natural soil conditioner, compost AND mulch—and they're free. So don't just bag them up for the landfill! If you have an abundance of leaves in your yard, here are five easy ways to put them to use in fall and winter. Come spring, your soil will thank you for it!| Garden Betty
If you have grass or landscape borders in your yard, a string trimmer is a necessity to keep things tidy. But which one should you get, and why should you go with a battery-powered trimmer over a gas-powered model? Keep reading to learn about the best cordless trimmers and weed eaters on the market.| Garden Betty
You might be familiar with fava beans as an edible crop, but this legume is more than just that: It's also a natural organic fertilizer (a green manure) that fixes nitrogen in the soil for other plants to use. By planting fava beans, you can improve soil fertility at the same time without needing to add other fertilizers.| Garden Betty
You know that mulch is a good thing and every garden should have some. But do you know what kind and how much? It all depends on where you're using it, and in some cases, you might even want to leave your soil bare. Here's a breakdown of what type of mulch to use, what it's best suited for, and how to mulch more effectively.| Garden Betty
Cover cropping is the farmer's "secret" for fertilizing and aerating soil naturally, but the practice of growing beneficial crops closely together can easily be done in a home garden. If you want to give your soil a nutrient boost while harvesting a delicious vegetable all season long, try growing Austrian winter peas.| Garden Betty