To promote the growth of healthy plants, getting rid of pest insects can be as simple as sending in your own army of beneficial insects.
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Flowers & Perennials, Gardening Tips For Beginners, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening, Weed, Disease And Pest Management
Bordeaux mixture and copper solutions have been used safely for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years to control fungal infections in plants.
Bordeaux Mixture and Copper Are Very Effective Organic Fungicides Read More »
Flowers & Perennials, Tree Care Tips, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening, Weed, Disease And Pest Management
There are few foods as nutritious, versatile, and delicious as sweet potatoes. As a bonus, sweet potatoes are really easy to grow in your garden and suffer from few pest and disease problems.
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Gardening Tips For Beginners, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening
This infographic shows you how much money you can save by simply by composting your organic household waste.
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Composting, Gardening Tips For Beginners
Tidying up your garden pond for summer doesn’t have to be difficult. All it takes is a few small changes to get the pond in shape.
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Garden Design
Tomato suckers are the growths that appear in the “crotch” between the leaves and the main stem. They should be pruned to encourage more fruit.
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Gardening Tips For Beginners, Tomatoes, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening
Climate change analysis requires enormous data, and you can contribute by reporting on life cycles of plants and wildlife in your backyard.
Help Scientists Track Climate Change By Noting Bloom Times In Your Garden Read More »
Environment, Flowers & Perennials, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening
What is a GMO? The official definition from the USDA may not be the same as what you believe a GMO is.
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Flowers & Perennials, Food, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening
Chemical companies want us to weed and feed our lawns unnecessarily every spring and fall. As a result the American lawn has become a chemical dump.
Is Your Lawn a Chemical Dump? Read More »
Environment, Landscaping, Organic Lawn Care
Onions are relatively easy to grow in your garden, as long as you’ve chosen the right cultivar for the day length in your area of North America.
How To Grow Onions: Which Types are Best For Your Area? Read More »
Gardening Tips For Beginners, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening
T5 grow lights are the best grow lights for starting vegetables and flowers from seed. They’re far superior to using natural light from a window.
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Flowers & Perennials, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening
If you’re just starting gardening, or if you’ve been gardening a while but are short on time this year, consider this list of twelve easy-to-grow vegetables.
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Gardening Tips For Beginners, Vegetable & Fruit Gardening