I’ve been doing research on tropical companion plants recently and one that keeps popping up is pineapple. Pineapple plants are a bit tricky to grow, so using companion plants to provide benefits such as amending soil goes a long way….
I have some family in Tennessee and they have wild blackberries growing everywhere. They say the berries are growing fairly well, but they wanted to know what companion plants work best for blackberries. So, to help them out, I did…
A few readers recently reached out to me, asking if I knew why their grapevines are getting yellow leaves. I had an idea, but I wanted to do more research to learn more and give them my best answer. Here’s…
Our grapevine’s leaves were turning brown this past season and we were a bit concerned if the plant would make it. To find out more, I did some research. Here’s what I found about grapevine leaves turning brown. Grapevine leaves…
We’re thinking about getting another grapevine, but we’re concerned that it might compete with other plants or damage the concrete foundation for our patio. So, I did some research to find out more. Here’s what I found. Grape plants aren’t…
I’ve been doing some research for our grapevine and I was curious if our leftover coffee grounds would be good for it. So, I did some more digging. Here’s what I found. Coffee grounds are good for grapevines since they…
It’s currently springtime and we’re looking at planting companions around our old grapevine in the backyard. While I’m familiar with a few companions for grapes, I wanted to find out more. So, I did some more digging. Here’s what I…
A few readers have recently reached out to me and asked if I knew how to save their dying blueberry bushes. While I had an idea of some likely causes, I did some more research to learn more. Here’s what…
I’ve been researching blueberry plants a lot recently and I was wondering how to properly care for them—reducing the chance they’d lose their leaves and die. So, I dug a little deeper. Here’s what I found about why blueberry bushes…
A reader reached out and asked why their blueberry plant’s leaves are turning brown. While I had an idea of what could be causing it, I wanted to do more research to be sure. Here’s what I found. Blueberry bushes…