Building a Water Garden Pond
[caption id="attachment_225" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="On Garden Pond"][/caption]Building a water garden pond in your own backyard is something many dream about, but few accomplish. Many factors work together and help to put people off starting the process, and yet others are daunted when they are faced with a choice of pond kits and don’t know how to start choosing which one will be right for them.
Price …
Organic Gardening Book Reviews: The Gardener’s A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food
With my new vegetable gardening project this spring, I have been reading a bunch of gardening books. You name it, I have it or have read it. I personally helped Chris select the books for the Organic Gardening Bookstore. They are all good ones. It is my mission to eventually review them …
Go With me on my Gardening Journey
Yesterday, I talked to Chris. It is always interesting, because he lives in the freezing cold wasteland of Canada (just kidding, Chris. Love ya!) and I live in the (generally) warm and toasty North Carolina. He gardens in the temperate plain region, and I garden in the coastal, humid south. He …
Top Tips for Fall Gardening
In the last post, we gave you all kinds of advice about what NOT to do to put your garden to bed in the fall. I figured that it was only fair to follow that post with a list of things you SHOULD do at this time of year to tuck your garden in for the winter. If you follow this advice, …
How NOT to put your Garden to Bed
At the end of September, it is time to think about putting your garden to bed. Your location will determine exactly when you need to complete certain tasks. There are, however, some definite NOs when putting your garden to bed for the winter, if you want to make sure that everything comes back nice and lush next spring.
What NOT to Do
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Garden Paths: Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Garden paths are essential for anyone who is fully bent on eradicating grass from the yard. You might not think that is your goal—but if you are a hard-core gardener, just watch how fast a small flower bed project can turn into a yard makeover. This happened in my yard this spring. What started as a little bed next to …
Go Organic in Community Gardens
Community gardens are, more or less, just what they sound like – large garden plots tended by the entire community. Most often, the large plot is divided into sections, and each section is tended by a different gardener. Community gardens are great places for people living in apartments, townhouses or other areas with little yard space to grow fresh fruits and vegetables, cut flowers and herbs. Community gardens sprout mostly in urban …
Backyard Waterfall Basics
Stop Farming Mosquitoes: Build a Garden Waterfall
Garden ponds create a tranquil space within any backyard garden. In order to keep your garden from becoming a mosquito factory, you need to build movement into the water. What better way than building a garden waterfall? It is easier than it sounds, and your pond will be healthier for it.
Waterfalls keep pond water oxygenated, which …
Organic Amendments to Add to Your Soil
As an organic gardener, you know that the soil is the most important factor in creating a successful garden. Rich healthy soil means healthy, beautiful blooms and juicy vegetables.
Compost
Compost is made from decayed organic materials such as straw, grass clippings, newspaper, leaves, certain food wastes, spent plants, hay, chipped trees/brush, and farm manures. You can easily make your own compost using a bin, tumbler …
What Flowers Should I Chose?
Choosing what flowers to put where can be a fun and exciting part of gardening. That said, it can also be one of the most frustrating experiences you’ll ever have. With a huge selection of seeds, plants, and bulbs available, how do you decide what’s best for you?
Research is the best way to figure out what you want and if it’ll work in your garden. There are a ton of gardening sites on the …
