Home Garden Tips

Peat: Should You Use It In The Garden?

Some gardeners swear by it while others will tell you to stay as far away from it as possible. There …

Tips And Tricks To Fertilizing The Home Garden

Finding the right balance of nutrients for plants is a constant process of giving and taking. First, we improve the …

How To Harvest And Store Milkweed Seeds

When I was a kid, I loved opening milkweed seed pods, separating the silky white fibers, and watching them float …

Incredible Farm: A Model for the Future of Adaptive, Regenerative Farming

It’s a dry spring day at Incredible Farm, a mixed 5-hectare smallholding tucked away in the West Yorkshire hills. The …

Take A Walk On The Wild Side With Horticultural Disobedience

Are you feeling a little rebellious? We all want to take a walk on the wild side now and then! …

Dear Diary: The Summer My Gardens Failed

I enter every growing season with high hopes and visions of gorgeous gardens overflowing with colorful flowers and delicious fruit …

The Stench Of Power: Making Comfrey Tea

Imagine the stereotypical organic grower working in their garden during the summer: dungarees tucked into wellies, straw hat perched jauntily …

Good Cultural Practices In The Garden

As the growing season winds down, it’s time to reflect on your garden. Did you follow good cultural practices? These …

Biodiverse Gardens Improve Pollination, Harvests, and Pest Control

A biodiverse garden has a wide variety of plants, food crops, birds, insects and other living species. Such diversity enhances …

When It Rains, It Pours! How To Cope With Too Much Moisture In The Garden

Drought-proofing a garden is one issue many gardeners have to tackle at some point, but an equally problematic issue can …

The Case For Calcium: Why It’s Essential To Your Garden

When many people think of helping plants achieve big yields, the prominent three NPK supplements often come to mind. Growers …

A Gardener’s Journey to Self-Sufficiency, Health, and Happiness

About six years ago, Liz Zorab knew that something wasn’t right. She had gained weight, her hearing and vision were …

The Dos and Donts of Reusing Substrates

Have you ever considered reusing substrates? It’s a practice that few people follow but one that can save money, time, …

5 Cool Ways to Conserve Garden Soil

Soil is not an infinite resource. The United Nations predicts we only have 60 years of topsoil left; it’s more …

How To Make An Organic Houseplant Fertilizer

We don’t refer to houseplants as ‘plant babies’ for no reason! Showering our indoor flowers and greenery with a little …

The Dangers of Overwatering the Garden, Even During a Heatwave

Fight Pests, Diseases, and Improve Soil Health with Vermicast

Going Away? Vacation Planning for Container Gardens

Gardens aren’t all that different from pets. We love them, and when we go away on vacation, they need to …

Warped Strawberries? Why It Happens And How To Fix Them

Permaculture Diaries: Why Raising Chickens in the Forest is Best

Chickens are native to the tropical jungles of Southeast Asia. But over the last approximately 8,000 years, they have been …