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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Should You Compost Blighted Tomato Plants?
Compost or not? Blighted tomato plants are risky to add to a compost pile, but it’s possible if you follow these composting rules exactly.
Review: Winter Harvest Handbook by Eliot Coleman
Eliot Coleman, an organic farmer in Maine for over 40 years, describes the crops, tools, and techniques he uses to manage his farm.
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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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Prepare Your Vegetable Garden For Winter
Garden beds need preparation before the winter weather sets in. Here’s what you should do now.
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 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.
Tomato Blight Panic In Pennsylvania
Tomato blight struck Pennsylvania and it was catastrophic for farmers and gardeners alike, as the fungus wiped out the majority of the tomato crop.
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.