If you have chickens free-ranging in your garden, on your property, homestead or back yard, you'll need to chicken proof your garden, pots, raised beds, and plants. These are the chicken-proofing ideas and designs that have worked for us in our garden over several years of keeping chickens in a garden or homestead, in suburbia or a rural setting. These will also work for … [Read more...] about How To Chicken Proof Your Garden. Protect Plants From Chickens
How To Grow Lemongrass? Lemongrass Growing
You can grow lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus or Cymbopogon flexuosus) in a large pot, raised bed, or direct in your garden soil. Growing lemongrass is easy if you have a tropical climate. In cooler climates, you will likely have to overwinter your lemongrass plant indoors. Lemongrass is a fragrant large grass used in many Asian dishes, teas, and to repel mosquitos. Find out … [Read more...] about How To Grow Lemongrass? Lemongrass Growing
What Fruits Grow in Tropical Climates? Tropical Fruits
The list of fruits that grow in tropical climates is incredibly long. There are so many tropical and subtropical fruits you can grow in a tropical climate that you'll never be able to taste them all. Some fruits that grow in cooler or temperate climates will also grow in the tropics. This post lists all of the tropical fruits we grow in the tropics, plus those we don't. … [Read more...] about What Fruits Grow in Tropical Climates? Tropical Fruits
What Grows Well With Pumpkins?
Pumpkins are easy to grow and can give you a huge volume of food. But what grows well with pumpkins? What can you plant near pumpkins that will help them grow better? Are there plants that will not be happy near pumpkins and do pumpkins actually have any companion plants? In companion planting, both plants help each other in some way and do not compete or hinder each … [Read more...] about What Grows Well With Pumpkins?
Growing Papayas in the Tropics
Growing papayas in the tropics is super easy. Or, at least, I've been able to grow them with no problems in a tropical climate so I think you should probably be able to too. Here in Queensland Australia, they call papayas pawpaws. Well, I'm from Europe, they'll always be papayas to me. Papayas are a tropical fruit, after all, I first ate papayas in South and Southeast Asia, but … [Read more...] about Growing Papayas in the Tropics
