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.
Vegetable & Fruit Gardening
Articles on growing organic vegetables and fruit without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides.
Teach Your Kids Gardening and They’ll Thank You For it Later
A home garden can be a great place for a family to get to know one another and to pass on important skills.
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How to Keep Squirrels Out Of Your Garden
They’re a perpetual nuisance, acrobatic rats by another name, tormentors of dogs and gardeners. I have no soft spot for squirrels.
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 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.
How To Find A Community Garden Near You
A community garden near you is a great choice if you have the desire to grow vegetables, fruit or flowers, but don’t have the space.
How To Attract Bees To Your Garden
Bees pollinate more than 250,000 species of plants. Make your garden inviting to bees and other pollinators and they’ll reward you with robust plants.
How To Use White Vinegar as a Weed Killer
A white vinegar weed killer solution is fairly effective. But there are a number of ways to use it and a few cautions before you do.
How to Make a Homemade Compost Bin From a Trash Can
How to make a DIY compost bin from a standard black plastic garbage can.
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Why It Pays to Keep a Garden Journal
A garden journal is one of the most important tools in helping you become a better gardener.