Soils for Gardening by Expert Village

Hi, I'm Stan DeFreitas, "Mr. Green Thumb". One of the most important aspects of any gardening project is soils. Now the terms soils is used kind of loosely, there are many different soils out there. Most of our backyard soils, what do they have... Read More »

Gardening with Plant Food by Expert Village

Hi, I'm Stan DeFreitas, "Mr. Green Thumb", for On Gardening. One of the most important factors for plants is plant food; well it sounds obvious. Remember there's 16 essential elements that all plants need, and you need to make sure your plant food has... Read More »

Gardening with Nitrogen by Expert Village

Hi, I'm Stan DeFreitas, Mr. Green Thumb for On Gardening. One of the most important elements of all plants is nitrogen. Nitrogen is always always the first number on the bag or on the bottle. It will usually be NPNK. The first number is Nitrogen. Why is... Read More »

Growing Zucchini by Expert Village

Hi, I'm Stan DeFreitas, "Mr. Green Thumb". Zucchini, an excellent vegetable and one that's pretty easy to grow. I'd make sure that it gets about 6 hours of bright sun a day, don't put it in a shady spot, make sure it gets a good deal of moisture, and... Read More »

Growing Lavender by Expert Village

Hi, I'm Stan DeFreitas, "Mr. Green Thumb". You know one of the herbs that we use quite often for fragrance is that of the lavender. And lavender is one of those flowers that has a very nice aroma, both in the foliage and in the flower. It has kind of a... Read More »