Brandon Wilkinson
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I've always been introverted and spend much of my time seeking out peaceful quiet places. Gardening is a natural fit for me.
In high school I was able to take a horticulture class for two years, which I loved. The teacher allowed me to leave class early to take a master gardener class through the local extension service.
After high school I started an ornamental horticulture degree, which I unfortunately wasn't able to finish.
I've lived in 4 different states in both western desert climates and midwestern continental climates so far, maybe I've found a state that I will settle down in now.
My main interest is vegetable gardening and landscaping, flower gardening isn't of any real interest to me, it's just too feminine for my taste.
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Many people grew up seeing gardens filled with rows of vegetables. Yet there is a method of using raised beds rather than rows which has multiple advantages, such as...
Garden rows are the traditional way to plant a garden, even most farms are based on using rows. Yet many gardeners, and some farmers, have come to prefer using...
In recent years hybrid seeds have become the standard in vegetable gardening, with the older open pollinated seeds called heirloom varieties are being kept alive by a small number of gardeners and seed farms. Many people say that hybrid seeds are the only ones to grow, yet heirlooms seeds have characteristics that can be valuable such as...
Fruits and vegetables need quite a bit of water to produce a good crop, which is often hard to do with standard pots. Fortunately there is a simple way around that problem, just use...
Summer is when Grasshoppers can have a population explosion, decimating the yield in your garden with their constant eating. Fortunately there are several easy and natural ways to keep them away from your plants.
Most home gardeners haven't even heard of trap crops. Trap crops aren't often used in the home garden, even though they can be very effective at keeping pests away from the more desirable fruits and vegetables.
Building a garden bed can be back breaking work, yet it doesn't have to be. There's multiple ways to build no-dig garden beds which are just as good...
Using mulch in a vegetable garden has several benefits, all of which can be summed up by saying "they make gardening easier." In this article I'm going to talk about 7 different kinds of mulch that are readily available and often much less expensive than the bark chips that are often sold in garden centers.
Using mulch in your organic vegetable garden, or any garden, will provide several benefits. The three primary benefits are it helps conserve water, suppresses weeds and adds organic matter to the soil, all with only a few minutes time spent.
Grasshoppers can be a major garden pest, potentially ruining a crop in short time. There's multiple ways to control them, today I'm going to talk about...
