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Growing Organic Strawberries is Easy and Fun

A Large Strawberry Plant

Strawberries are absolutely delicious, and can be very easy to grow. They don’t require much space, so if you don’t want to grow them in a large garden you can easily grow them on a balcony or small porch. One of the biggest pros to growing strawberries in your own garden is you’ll know what pesticides are on the strawberries. Generally store bought strawberries will still have large amounts of pesticide residue on them after being washed, which is a frightening thought.

Strawberry Grow Site

Strawberries need three main things to … Continue Reading

Natural Insect Repellents to Fight Garden Pests

One major problem within gardens is fighting pests and insects from destroying and eating your garden. There are many store bought solutions to fighting the pest problems, but there are also natural repellents that work just as well. We’re going to show you a few different things you can do to prevent and fight insects from eating your plants.

Citrus RindsThese have a chemical in them that will deter corn earworms. It’s possible to make a spray solution by chopping up the rinds and then putting them in a plastic container. After this, add water to the ground up rinds and … Continue Reading