organic
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How-To
Suppress Weeds Organically with Corn Gluten Meal
Managing weeds organically can truly be a challenge. After some experimentation, I have found that corn gluten meal (CGM) is showing very promising results in controlling the annual weeds that…
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How-To
Choosing the Right Soilless Potting Mix
A good growing medium will ensure that your plants get a healthy balance of water and air
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Article
Grow More Food in Small Spaces
Why is it the best ideas for solving gardening problems come from creative gardeners? That’s because gardeners, like Margaret Park, are always searching for ways to overcome obstacles, including how…
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Article
“Organic Gardener’s Companion” Book Review
It is possible to grow an organic vegetable garden in the West. All you need is soil, sun, seeds and Jane Shellenberger’s new book.
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Kitchen Gardening
Veggie Trends for 2012
Vegetable gardeners are in for some nice surprises as they get ready for the 2012 gardening season.
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How-To
Lime and Sulfur Spray – Great Way to Knock Down Fungus On Your Roses
Instead of constantly spraying your roses with chemicals to prevent disease try this simple and inexpensive way to quickly take care of any outbreak.
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Kitchen Gardening
Organic Fertilizer Sources for the Garden
Here's a list of some organic fertilizers that you may want to have on hand.
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Kitchen Gardening
The Sludge Report: Using Recycled Municipal Wastewater Solids as a Soil Amendment
Should you put compost derived from wastewater solids on your kitchen garden? The answers are hard to come by, but the questions are worth asking.
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Kitchen Gardening
Biologicals Do a Number on Pests
When faced with the need to use an insecticide, here are a few guidelines to using the least-toxic ones.
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Article
Stone Wall Tactics
An ecological outlook and organic materials vitalize a garden. By working with nature instead of against it, James Carr and his wife cultivate a vegetable garden without chemicals.