8 Best Fertilizer for Potatoes for Bigger & Better Harvests

Use the best potato fertilizer to increase your yield and have the healthiest potato plants! Potatoes are one of the most important root vegetables we grow on our homestead. We want a large harvest, which means using the right fertilizer for potatoes to boost our production. Truth be told, for years, I failed to use…

13 Reasons Seeds Don’t Germinate & What You Can Do

13 Reasons Seeds Don’t Germinate & What You Can Do

Nothing is more disappointing than spending hours prepping and starting your seeds only to find out your seeds don’t germinate. What happened? Now what? Every spring, we start seeds again, and things don’t always go perfectly as we hoped. I always notice that some seeds don’t germinate, leading me to wonder what happened and where…

Hand Pollinating Male and Female Zucchini Flowers

Hand Pollinating Male and Female Zucchini Flowers

If the fruits on your zucchini plants are dying, you might need to try hand pollinating zucchini flowers. One of the most common problems that gardeners experience when growing zucchini is that their plants won’t produce fruits or the blossoms drop. Hand pollinating zucchini flowers is the answer to both of these issues. Zucchini plants…