Topic: Gardening Tips

Garlic Garden: Find out how to grow and harvest your own garlic. (via The Daily Green)

Eco-Friendly Shopping: 10 Backyard Supplies Under $10

Your backyard is already eco-friendly. (It’s just grass.) But there are simple ways you can make your yard and garden even greener – and they needn’t cost you a fortune. (We’re not talking about installing a greywater collection system.) So … More »

Mobile Urban Gardens: No Yard Required

Want to garden but don’t have a backyard? No problem – there are lots of ways to rig up “mobile gardens.” You can go big or small with your garden-on-the-go, and below you’ll see examples of both in our favorite … More »

Rats! Eco-Friendly Pest Control

We love talking about natural ways to do household chores, because this means our home is one less place where we need to use toxic chemicals. (It does not mean we like to do household chores, however.) And if we … More »

Summer Garden: Photo of the Day

How is your summer garden coming along? We’d love a backyard filled with these flowers: Photo from Flickr user randomisation

Eco-Friendly Living: 10 Things to Green Your Garden

How does your garden grow? Probably not green-ly enough. So check out our gallery of 10 things we found to help you cultivate your garden into a more eco-friendly oasis:

Eco-Friendly Gardens: 13 Organic Pest Control Methods

If you have the dedication and patience to cultivate a blooming garden this summer (which not all of us do, believe me), then you definitely want to protect your garden from insects and pests. But you also don’t want to … More »

How do you make your garden grow? Check out The Back Garden Project: New Plants, New Plans an inspirational (for wanna-be gardeners, anyway) blog series by Gordon Douglas on GOOD.

Plan Now To Rotate Your Garden Next Spring

While you’re making your garden plans for next spring, make sure you plan your garden so everything is rotated, and nothing is planted in the same spot it was this year. Rotating your garden helps keep pests at bay naturally, … More »

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Fall Clean Up Time

It’s time to put this year’s garden to rest. It’s also time to clean up the garden tools and store them away until spring. If you put them away clean they aren’t as likely to rust during the long cold … More »

Growing Prize Winning Vegetables

I remember going to stay with my cousin during the summer. While I was there we always had a good time. I also remember going out to the garden with my cousin and my uncle to check out his prize … More »

Fall Is Garlic Planting Time!

The upcoming cooler weather makes it a wonderful time to plant garlic in most areas. You can plant your garlic in the garden during the fall, in an area you’ve already harvested for the summer. Let your garlic grow over … More »

Helping Your Plants Survive a Late Season Frost

In our area (USDA zone 5) the frost free safe date is usually Mother’s Day, but we’ve had two frosts since then this year. We had a fairly hard frost last night! What can you do to protect your plants … More »

Organic Growing Tips

If you’ve been thinking about going organic in your garden, but you’ve been afraid to take the plunge, there is help out there. Quality Assurance International (QAI) provides information and guidance to anyone who is looking to grow organically, or … More »

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