Spring Lawn Care: 8 Tips For An Organic Lawn
Spring is the best season to start organic lawn care. It’s time to sort out problems with thatch and weeds, and improve your soil.
Soil Conditioning
Posts about building your soil organically for the healthiest vegetables, fruits, flowers, shrubs, and lawn.
Turn Autumn Tree Leaves Into Compost, Mulch, And Organic Fertilizer
Tree leaves that fall every autumn make fantastic compost or mulch to feed your garden plants. Here’s how to use them.
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Rototilling Your Organic Garden: More Harm Than Good?
Rototilling doesn’t benefit a garden. It creates more weeds and damages soil structure and organisms that takes months to reverse.
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Water Pooling in Your Yard is a Sign It Needs Grading
When water is pooling in your yard after a storm it’s a sign that your soil is compacted and your landscape grading needs a change.
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How to Combat Erosion in Your Yard
The erosion of my lawn’s soil was epic. Gulleys, pooling water, and rainwater moved so fast across the yard you’d think it was a city street. Some areas felt like sponges days after a storm. In others, I thought a natural pond might form.
How I Solved Drainage Problems In My Yard
If water is pooling on your lawn and refuses to drain, either your soil is compacted or there are grading issues. Both can be fixed.
Are Fertilizers, Herbicides and Pesticides Safe for Your Lawn?
Fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides are dumped on American lawns to the tune of 90 million pounds every year. That’s a lot of chemicals impacting your health
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How To Plan A Flower or Vegetable Garden
How to make a plan for your organic vegetable garden or flower garden. A great garden plan can be the difference between success or failure.
Should You Fertilize Your Lawn?
When you fertilize your lawn and apply weed killers, microbial life in your topsoil is damaged and soil becomes compacted. I learned that firsthand.
How to Start An Organic Garden: Feed Your Soil
If you’re starting an organic garden, the first rule you need to learn is: feed the soil and you’ll feed the plant. When you understand what your soil needs, life in the garden gets much simpler.