How Heat Waves Affect Plants in Your Garden
Heat can do incredible damage to shrubs and flowers, but is especially damaging to vegetables and fruit.
Review: Backyard Berry Book | Backyard Orchardist by Stella Otto
If you’re creating an edible landscape, the Backyard Berry Book and the Backyard Orchardist are excellent resources.
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Review: Salt Sugar Fat-How The Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss
Michael Moss’ book is a firecracker, showing how the processed foods industry has fine tuned their products so you literally can’t stop eating them.
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Beneficial Nematodes – Garden Friends Or Enemies?
Beneficial nematodes control pests that destroy plants. But other nematodes completely destroy plants. How do you know which is which?
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Bats are Insect Eating Machines For Your Yard and Garden
A single bat is able to consume from 1000 to 6000 insects a night. Why not use a bat box to invite a bat to guard your garden and patio?
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Poison Ivy: How to remove it safely without chemicals
If you’re new to removing poison ivy, be careful, because it likes to fight back. Here are some do’s and dont’s.
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Are Your Lawn And Garden Chemically Dependent?
If you’re still using chemicals on your garden and lawn, it’s time to stop. Your lawn and garden don’t need these chemicals, in fact they weaken plants.
How Synthetic Fertilizers Harm Soil, Air, and Water
The impact of synthetic fertilizers are well established facts, yet nitrogen and phosphorous-heavy fertilizer use still persists.
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The Joy Of Shade Gardening
There’s nothing like a cool shade garden on a hot summer day. But shade comes in many varieties and so do the plants that grow there.
How to Select Healthy Fruit Trees and Berry Bushes
Guest Author Stella Otto’s 1st part of the Fruit Growing 101 series: Fruit trees and berry bushes-how to know if they’re healthy before you bring them home.
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How to Prune Raspberries and Blackberries
By knowing how raspberries and blackberries grow, you’ll be able to prune them easily, keeping your berry patch productive for many years.