Did you know that an acre of deciduous forest produces 2 tons of leaf litter every year (Stambagh, 2006)? Or that one large oak tree alone produces enough leaf litter to equal $50 worth of fertilizer...
Fall planting is underway, here is a great list to use as a fall planting guide, from Territorial Seed Company
Have you ever noticed that after a good thunderstorm plants seem especially vibrant, lush and refreshed? Not only is it from the nice drink of water they received, but also the nitrogen-fixing...
Japanese Beetles (Popillia japonica) are a small fingernail-sized irridesent green and broze insect. They are highly invasive in North America and are a serious pest to many plants including roses...
The name says it all. Tomato Armyworms show up in droves to consume the leaves and ruin the fruit of your beautiful tomato plants. They will eat the fruits wether green or red, they turn leaves into...
Hummingbirds darting here and there is quite entertaining, keeping up with refilling hummingbird feeders is sometimes not. Not only is it time consuming having to clean them, make the sugar water...
When it’s time to start seeds for the garden everyone has their own method that they use. Some use small peat pots, some newspaper pots, and some use the trusty black plastic flat. These...
Willow Rooting Tea is a simple concoction that can be made in your home kitchen to speed up and promote good rooting during propagation of all types of plants. Willow (Salix spp.)...
Breyer’s, one of America’s largest and oldest ice cream producers, just announced that it will stop making its ice cream with milk from cows treated with Monsanto’s widely used artificial growth...
Winter seed sowing is a trick that many gardeners use to start seeds well in advance of spring that turn into healthy and strong plants. Winter sowing will work for annual flowers and vegetables as...