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August 24, 20220

A Home Composting Guide for Beginners

One of the loveliest aspects of nature is that everything in it has a use, from the nasty, rotting zucchini as well as the lavender sprouting sce

August 21, 20220

A gardening concept that carries clearly from the garden and greenhouse all the way to the table is the practice of companion plantings. With a l

June 24, 20220

All gardeners and greenhouse growers eventually find themselves battling a pest insect or pathogenic fungus. Fewer things are as disheartening as wat

June 8, 20220

In recent years the organic food industry has boomed in popularity. Nearly 20,000 natural food stores and 73 percent of conventional grocery stor

May 27, 20220

In a perfect world, your garden's soil would provide all the nutrients plants need. But in the real world, garden, and lawn soil -- and thus the

April 17, 20220

Composting is one of many organic gardening tasks that have become unnecessarily complicated. Composting is the cycle of plant life that Mother N

February 28, 20220

Adding good rich compost to your gardens is one of the smartest things you can do as a gardener. Compost is pure organic matter and when added to the

February 19, 20220

Why not just use chemicals? It's a reasonable question. After all, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium are chemicals, so where is the advantage i

July 27, 20210

If you have recently purchased a compost tumbler bin you have just taken the first step toward aerobic composting. There are two main types of compos

July 13, 20210

Last winter on a snowy February evening, my husband and I drove home from a meeting of the Clean Air committee in a neighboring town. It prompted