The Definitive Guide to Winter Sowing – 9 Easy Steps with Photos
Winter sowing is a method used to start seeds outdoors in mini greenhouses during the winter to get a head start on your spring growing season.
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10 Easy Ways to Prepare A Garden for Winter
Follow these 10 easy ways to prepare a garden for winter. You will not only have a healthy winter garden, but also be ready when spring comes with better soil, more compost, and a plan to create your spring garden.
Plant the Moon and Plant Mars Challenge with NASA
Every once in a while, The Grow Monster comes across a topic that might not be directly related to suburban gardening, but definitely something the suburban gardener can explore with their families. This year, we came across the Plant the Moon / Plant Mars Challenge and are happy to announce what The Grow Monster discovered …
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What is Astrobotany: A Comprehensive Timeline
While The Grow Monster enjoys growing plants in our suburban garden here on earth we also look up to the heavens and wonder what it would be like to have a suburban astrogarden up in space. This wonderment lead us to become familiar with a relatively new term (at least for us anyways) called ‘astrobotany‘. …
Are Blackberries and Black Raspberries the Same?
The Grow Monster loves growing and eating berries out of its suburban garden. These include blackberries and black raspberries. I always hear people asking if Blackberries and Black Raspberries are the same thing. Are Blackberries and Black Raspberries the same? Although they are from the same Rubus genus bramble berry family, blackberries (Rubus allegheniensis) and …
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Is Growing Your Own Vegetables Worth It?
Welcome to The Grow Monster where we enjoy gardening and pride ourselves on being able to go outside to pick our very own produce throughout the season. Although enjoyable, is growing your own produce really worth it? We at The Grow Monster have realized the following four tips that will help you save money growing …
