Crop Rotation Basics For Your Vegetable Garden
Crop rotation is key to successful home gardening to avoid pests and disease. Includes a sample plan for crop rotation and a chart of plant families.
Restoring and Protecting Soil
Articles on the importance of building quality soil and maintaining it for your garden and lawn.
The Thriving Ecosystem in Your Lawn’s Soil and Why it Matters
We don’t think of the grass in our lawn as we do the plants in our gardens. Yet grass is a plant like any other and requires a thriving soil ecosystem.
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Review: Building Soils Naturally by Phil Nauta
Phil Nauta’s Building Soils Naturally focuses on how to improve garden and lawn soil health by balancing your soil’s nutritional components.
Three Important Steps To Growing Food That’s More Nutrient-Dense
Studies show that supermarket foods are as much as 70% lower in nutrition than 60 years ago. Fortunately you can do something about it
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Why Wood Chips Make the Best Organic Mulch
Wood chips are a long lasting organic mulch for trees, shrubs, and perennials which in many cases can be had for free.
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.
Is Snow Cover Good For Your Garden?
Snow cover provides a remarkable insulating effect that helps overwinter the plants in your garden.
Harvard University’s Organic Lawn Care
Organic lawn care is now the norm at Harvard University, which has eliminated the use of synthetic fertilizers and chemicals.