A Head Gardener’s Advice for Starting a Home Garden
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Lasagna Gardening: An All-Natural And Cheap Way To Grow Plants
We love to encourage people everywhere to start a garden, regardless of size or whether they want to grow veggies, …
Celebrating World Soil Day
As if December isn’t busy enough, here’s another special event worth celebrating! World Soil Day happens every year on December …
Bombs Away! An Easy Guide To Making Seed Bombs
We usually recommend reading seed packets before planting, but if you’re feeling a little wild and want to break the …
January And The Great Garden Cycle Reset
Just as the start of the New Year is a time for fresh beginnings, the garden has reset its cycle …
Garden Gadgets Perfect For Growing in A Controlled Environment And Outdoors
The world of urban gardening is packed with the most innovative and technologically advanced equipment. A day spent strolling through …
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 …
Drink Up: Making Nutrient-Rich Compost Tea For The Garden
Enjoying some tea in the garden sounds like a zen way to spend a morning or afternoon; why not offer …
Give Back To The Earth With Compost
Hands down, compost is the best way we can add nutrients back into the soil. Beyond being rewarded with thriving …
How You Can Celebrate The 50th Annual Earth Day
Fifty years ago today, 20 million Americans took to the streets to demand better for our planet. It was April …
Diving For Treasure: The Ugly Truth About Dumpsters
In the dark of the night, Cameron Macleish grabs his flashlight and crate, ready to carry out his work. He …
Produce Stickers Not Welcome In The Compost Heap
Hands up if you’re guilty of occasionally forgetting to peel the stickers off of some of the leftover produce you …
How To Compost In The Winter
With the cooler weather here, it’s time to put the outdoor gardens to bed for another year. But what about …
Don’t Rake The Leaves And Nature Will Thank You
It’s the time of year when many homeowners have closed their gardens up for another year and are preparing their …
Vermicompost: Mushrooms In The Worm Bin
I’ve experienced a roller coaster of emotions when it comes to my worm compost bin. First, there was the fear …
Top 5 Reasons Why We (And Gardens) Love Vermicompost
I have to admit; I wasn’t so sure about having thousands of worms eating food scraps in my basement. But …
Drunk As A… Raccoon? Fermenting Food Leads To Buzz For Wildlife
You’ve heard the saying drunk as a skunk, but how about drunk as a raccoon? A few of these masked …
Making the Best Compost
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Organic Gardening Basics
Taking an interest in organic gardening is usually triggered by wanting to avoid fruits and vegetables that are free of pesticides, or taking better care of the environment. That’s important, yes, but first you’ve got to understand it’s all about the soil and plant roots.
Biodynamic Gardening: Perfect Soil Balance
Think about it, some of the most important things regarding the evaluation of a garden and the food it produces cannot be observed. The majority of people don’t imagine that the soil is alive and teaming with beneficial microbes because they can’t see them. Most think microbes are for hand sanitizer or antibiotics.