Articles and Tips February, 2011
Tips for Organic Gardening Newbies
On twitter this morning, one of the people I “follow” said something intriguing about the push for a Victory Garden on the White House lawn. He said that he was worried that the current initiative for Victory Gardens 2.0 will end up causing lots of problems with herbicide/pesticide and fertilizer overuse because people don’t undertsand organic gardening, or even, well, gardening! I hadn’t really thought about …
The Right Temperature For Your Plants
Besides knowing whether a plant is sun or shade-loving, it is helpful to know the range in which plants thrive in order to decide whether you can successfully grow it in your garden.
There are many places that you can find the temperature zones for Canada and the United States. These countries are divided into 11 regions based on the lowest average temperature, starting from zone 1 (sub arctic) to zone 11 (subtropical).
Cold is not …
