“The Three Sisters all work together. Critters will find it harder to invade your garden by inter-planting your corn, beans and squash. The corn stalk serves as a pole for the beans, the beans help to add the nitrogen to…
Is your garden typically riddled with weeds by mid-summer? Are you looking for an organic method for improving the fertility of your soil? Interested in learning inexpensive techniques for maximizing your garden’s water retaining properties? Master organic gardener Eric Toensmeier,…
If you have a large area of land behind your house, you can start gardening with the whole family. Plans for gardening can be a fun experience for you and your kids. Not only does it promote a strong bond in the family by doing something in common, but it also is a rewarding activity. After some time and efforts spent on your garden, you will be able to reap the fruits of your labor. It is also a form of activity that will awaken the interest of your kid on nature and the awareness on how to take care of it.
Cucumbers and other vine crops are monoecious. Monoecious plants have separate male and female flowers on the same plant. Male and female flowers are similar in appearance. However, the female flowers have small, immature fruits at their base. Pollen is…
Compost tea is a helpful way to fertilize your garden. Compost tea is reported to increase disease resistance in plants, reduce fertilizer and water needs as well as plant stress, and improve soil structure, aeration, retention of nutrients, and cycling…
Soils are generally described according to the predominant type of soil particle present - sand, silt, or clay. By conducting a simple soil test, you can easily see what kind of soil you’re dealing with.
The gardening calendar for April provides a list of recommended food growing tips and <sigh>gardening chores. If you haven’t started your organic gardening adventure yet, it is HIGH time! April is a wonderful time for growing organic food. More people…
Along with mountains of oranges, tomatoes, and sugar, Florida’s branch of Big Ag Inc. is a reliable producer of bad news. Whether it’s the fight over proto-slavery conditions for its tomato workers, the push to perfect genetically modified oranges, or…
By Guest Author, Julie Hitchcock Food. Lets face it, who doesn’t love good food? We love to eat it, grill it, serve it and share it with love ones. Every thing from the famed Thanksgiving meal where the table is…
Dear Garden Notes Readers, I have received many emails in the last few days, some unsubscribes, and many new subscribers. Your emails have been a cross section of geography, thought, and opinion. Garden Notes readers span the globe from Japan,…
The night crawler is a cherished composting worm for its worm manure known as worm castings or vermicast which is equal in size and structure to mice dung.
