Is it Time to Start Your Vegetable Patch?
You may have already noticed frogspawn lacing the ponds and crocuses poking through the grass. Now is the perfect time to start getting busy outdoors!
The Basics of Composting
Making your own compost is actually easier than many seem to believe. Here are the basics.
How to Restore Exhausted Soil
When years of gardening – or plain neglect – exhausts a soil’s nutrients, it loses the vitality required to support life. Here’s how restore depleted soil nutrients without synthetic fertilizers.
5 Ways Chickens Can Help in Your Garden!
Raising chickens in your backyard is at once fun and rewarding. Not only do they enjoy the space, but they can also help out in the garden!
Slow Gardening: Learn a Rock n’ Roll Approach to Green Living
With countless followers and a relaxed approach to gardening, American horticulturist Felder Rushing is changing the way people garden. You’ll enjoy learning a thing or two from his carefree approach to green living! (Photo: Natalie Maynor/Flickr)
5 Smart Ways to Use Leaves in Your Garden
We all know what it’s like to spend a fall afternoon clearing the garden of leaves. But wouldn’t it be simpler – if not better – if we use them to make a more productive garden?
Who Said Orange Peels Aren’t Good for Compost?
I recently came across this meme on Facebook. We all know Abe didn’t say that. But there are people who believed that meme and actually think he did. You see how the internet can sometimes be a source of false information? Take this for example: I love oranges. My family loves them, too. We […]
How to Make Your Own High Quality Compost
Australia has the thinnest layer of topsoil of all the continents. Many of us buy in soils for our gardens and/or add large quantities of humus to try to improve what we have. Soils are being depleted all over the world. With very little effort we can make a difference in our own backyard. Here […]