The Household Garden Blog

How To Sow Seeds - Step-by-Step Seed Starting Guide
Life in the garden begins by sowing seeds. Here’s a guide on how to germinate seeds the right way to make sure you give a good start to a thriving garden ahead.
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Using Houseplants to Create a Beautiful Indoor Spaces
It doesn't matter how you want to do that; creating your stunning indoor space with houseplants brings the freshness and nature of the outdoors into your home.
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Prepare Garden Soil For Warm-Season Vegetables [Quick Read]
As spring harvest time is ending for cool-season vegetables, it’s time to focus on planting warm-season vegetables for summer. The first thing that is needed is to prepare the garden soil.
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Fertilizers: What you need to know
The three major components of fertilizer are Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K). A balance of all three helps your plants grow quickly and effectively.
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Can garden soil be used in pots?
Garden soil can be used as the base of a homemade potting mix, but it is never ideal. Using any potting mix will ensure that you have the right balance of aeration, drainage, moisture retention and...
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How to make a small garden look bigger
There are so many, relatively easy ways to “expand” a space!
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Budget gardens: Look at the best budget plants and techniques that won’t break the sand bank.
There are many things to consider when planting up your home or garden and one of those things is cost. Having a successful foliage full garden can become an expensive and time consuming task, how...
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How to grow lavender: Find out everything you need to know about lavender
Lavender is one of the most beautiful smelling plants to have in your garden as well as adding a pretty purple colour to any space. It may seem easy enough to grow, which it is however to get the b...
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Are you drying out your pot plants? Find out how to stop this from happening.
All gardening takes some time to learn what works and what doesn’t, every garden, every person and every plant is different and often requires a little effort to figure out what you are doing right...
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Container gardening is one of the easiest and most effective ways to have a garden, no matter how little space you have. And while most container gardening is reserved for shrubs and flowering plan...
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