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.
Vegetable & Fruit Gardening
Articles on growing organic vegetables and fruit without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides.
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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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.
A Weed Killer That Lasts Forever?
What’s the best way to control weeds? Hint: the best weed killer doesn’t come in a bottle.
Rabbits and Deer Won’t Eat These Flowers, Shrubs, Herbs, and Trees
Rabbits and deer are notorious for grazing in your garden. There are a handful of plants they won’t eat, but nothing is certain.
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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.
Pesticides Implicated In Deaths of Bees and Birds
Recent studies have shown that the world’s most widely used class of pesticides are responsible for the massive die-off of honeybees and deaths of birds.
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How To Grow Tomatoes And Other Vegetables In Containers
No space for a garden? You can enjoy fresh tomatoes and other veggies by growing them in containers on your patio, apartment balcony, porch, deck, or even in containers placed around your yard.
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April Gardening Tips: Prune Grasses, Spread Corn Gluten Meal, Start Dahlias
Spread Corn Gluten Meal, start Dahlias, start leafy greens, prune ornamental grasses and start patio containers are some of the gardening tips for April.
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