Gardening In Our Backyard Garden

Learning How To Be Backyard Gardeners in New Brunswick

Planting By the Moon

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As plants are approximately 90% water, it is believed by many gardeners that all planting should be done according to the phases of the moon.
The moon affects the movement of water on the earth and this is their reason for believing that the moon also has an effect on the growth patterns of [...]

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Ant Control Recipe
3 cups water
4 teaspoons boric acid
2 cups granulated sugar
Mix, then pour half a cup of the mixture into three or four empty jam jars wrapped with masking tape and loosely packed half full with absorbent cotton. Smear the bait along the outside of the jar and set along ant trail. The [...]

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In the simplest of terms, raising an organic vegetable garden is the process of growing healthy vegetables without the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. However, for a better understanding of what organic gardening really means, you have to consider the planted area as part of an overall effort of helping your slice [...]

We have been living at our new property now for three years and we keep finding plants we didn’t know we had. The image on the left of a beautiful lily we found growing in our yard. Then we found a second one in another location but we didn’t see them over the last two [...]

When I was a kid we had a home made hammock that I loved to lie in and just swing back and forth. It was most relaxing but never lasted as I was a kid and everyone kicked me out so they could enjoy it.
Now I am all grown up with a home of my [...]

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