DIY Farming Resources and Guide
DIY Farming Resources and Guide
In this guide you will learn how to grow celery in different ways and therefore choose the method that’s best for you. Did you know that ancient Romans used celery as an aphrodisiac? Apparently, eating celery was believed to boost one’s sex drive and increase the pheromones of males. On the other hand, it was used in ancient Greece as …
How to harvest lettuce so it keeps growing? Lettuce is a perennial crop. It is one of the easiest and fastest growing crop. The nutritional value is much as it contains potassium, calcium, folate, beta-carotene, lutein and vitamin A and K in it. It is low in fiber. The new additions made to lettuce family like purple leaf lettuce. It …
How To Harvest Lettuce: A small trip to lettuce land READ MORE
Here’s a simple guide on how to propagate spider plant. A spider plant is one of the best options for first-time plant owners. It’s very easy and fast to grow and is almost impossible to kill, which makes it a great choice for complete amateurs to get into gardening without worrying about killing the plant. The spider plant got its …
When it comes to green, the color itself is harmless but when you see a potato with green skin make sure, not to eat it as it has high levels of solanine or the phenomena named as ‘greening’. Around the eyes or sprouts green color is present though it is better to cut the sprouts even as the toxic concerns …
Potato with Green Skin: not every green is a peacetime READ MORE
Here’s how to get rid of slugs in the garden. Slugs are soft-bodied mollusks that are gray, dull orange, or brown in color and are about one to three inches long. They usually hide in dark and damp places in the morning such as your soil, and then feed on your plants at night. A slug infestation is, in a …
There are currently more than 30 types of basil that are available for growing. The most common one is the Genovese or sweet basil, although some people argue that these two are different from each other and cannot be used interchangeably. Sweet basil has a warm flavor with clove and anise undertones. This is the type of basil you usually …
7 Types Of Basil You Should Try Growing In Your Garden READ MORE
Regardless of the real reason, here’s a simple guide on how to grow and when to harvest garlic at home. Haven’t you ever wondered why garlic is dubbed as a ‘vampire repellent’? In Bram Stoker’s 1897 gothic horror novel Dracula, the protagonist Abraham van Helsing used garlic to keep Dracula away. There are some theories online offering the possible logic …
You might be having trouble making a decision on whether to raise chickens or ducks instead; you need to worry no more. Here are all the factors that you have to consider when raising ducks and chickens. This will help you figure out the right species that suits your small farm or homestead. Many homestead owners, most probably have chickens …
Ducks and Chickens: What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Raising Each Species? READ MORE
Ducks with Blue Bills can be easily identified as a compact diving duck. The males are differentiated form the females by the appearance of bills that are brightly light blue and appear scooped. The males also have chestnut plumage. That are generally deep with the exception of the head and the neck and the centre of the belly. Also there …
How often do ducks mate? Waterfowl just like other animals form pair bonds with the opposite sex; even so, these pair bonds are somewhat different from the usual expectation. Waterfowl mating, especially for ducks differ significantly, and while other species pair for life. Ducks are known to spend a lot of their time and energy forming new pair bonds annually. …