Posts Tagged "Organic Gardening"
Soil and Tomatoes
Kacper is just singing our song! Got this from him in the mail today… “You must see…
How to Grow a Chemical-Free Vegetable Garden
Pests are notorious for causing a loss of plants every year, however, that loss can be minimized with good pest control practices. If you ensure that your plants have been properly watered, fertilized and cultivated, you will also work toward growing plants that are more pest resistant than plants that are neglected or have received poor care.
Why Garden Organically?
As recent as 25 years ago, the idea of organic gardening was considered quite a radical concept. How in the world were gardeners expected to control the weeds, the bugs, and the animals that could threaten a thriving garden without the use of man-made chemicals? When you think about it, organic gardening is a really simply theory. For years, people have been growing things without the use of chemicals. The early settlers of our country didn’t have Miracle-Gro or Sevin Dust and they made out just fine.
How to Make Composting Simple as Dirt: My Top Tips
Composting is really not a big deal. Anyone can do it, and everyone should do it. Allow me to break it down for you and give you suggestions on how to start your own compost pile and reap the benefits.
7 Reasons Why You Should Grow Your Own Food
Not that being part of a trend is ever a good reason to start or learn something…
5 Easy Steps to Sustainable Gardening
1) Observe your space… Where is the sun / shade? (watch the patterns during the growing season…
What is Organic Composting?
Making compost will help you reduce pollution and cut down that landfill! Your plants will grow healthier…
Required Components of a Compost Pile…
Compost, made from decomposed grass clippings, leaves, twigs, and branches, becomes a dark, crumbly mixture of organic…
Easy Steps to Composting
It is becoming more and more obvious these days that we need to recycle as much as…
Vermicomposting? What’s THAT? Composting with vermin?
Aaaaaa hahaha.. honest to God, that’s the first thing that went through my mind when I first…
Can anyone say ‘Grass Clippings’?
I was bringing my daughter home from a birthday part for one of the children she babysits for… We passed a man on a riding mower going over what looked to be a good two acres of smooth green grass… it was beautiful. As we got closer, I realized he was BAGGING it. And of course, my composting mind went to, “I wonder what he DOES with all that grass?” And I started slowing down…