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How To Make Your Own Organic Fertilizer at Home  In today's world, one must find any way to save money and for anyone trying to plant their own vegetables in their own little back yard organic garden ...

My Poinsetta - growing out doors in Charlotte NC  I planted my tiny dying poinsetta after christmas this year in April. It is absolutely beautiful and full plant of approx. 4 feet tall and around.
I ...

Which one will be left standing?  This happened to us, and later we found out the same thing happened with a few other people we met. However, ours made it and theirs didn't. I am talking ...

the wonders and amazing world of organic growing  I am entering the adventure of growing...soon i will post my results...but I will follow the tips from this website...for you see this wil be my first ...

Can this apricot tree be saved? HELP!!  We "had" a 2yr old california gold apricot tree that produced it's first fruit this past spring - small sized fruit but an abundant crop.(Phoenix AZ-zone ...

Borage & Tomatoes? Rue & Grapes - yes!  I read several places that borage would repel tomato worms so I planted it with more than half my tomato plants this year (that would be about 15). The ...

To keep away slugs, snails and any type of creature  I was getting fed up with the creatures eating my crops. So I made up a mixture to keep them away.

It was made up of 300ml of water in a saucepan, one ...

Keys to a No-Work Organic Vegetable Garden  Fresh and nutritious vegetables are a shopper's dream, but if we also want organically grown, we will have to pay a premium and sometimes they are not ...

Organically Grown Foods: Our Only Hope  With all of the unknowns in both our agricultural and post harvested food processing before we make the final purchase at the supermarket, sometimes the ...

Recycle Your Yard Cleanup Into Compost  Each year millions of households perform an almost ritual cleanup of their yard area. In most cases they round up the mostly organic material in suitable ...

Growing Vegetables and Herbs Indoors  How to Grow Herbs Indoors

If you live in a northern climate where the growing season is short, it might be to your advantage to move your garden indoors....

Brassicas and Strawberries--NOT!  I've been companion gardening for 4 years now but didn't know, and found out the hard way last year, that strawberries and brassicas don't partner well!...

Make Clay into Garden Soil  About 4 years ago we had to dig up a great deal of hard red clay soil for fence post, deck and porch post and for new gardens. To be able to keep the soil ...

Killing Aphids  A table-spoon of liquid dish washing liquid mixed with water (about a coffee cup) and sprayed over and under the leaves will kill the Aphids in minutes....

Aphid trap  Read recently that Lamb's ears trap aphids in their 'furry' leaf covering. About to try it.

Year One  I read some books at the library on gardening. I finally get to have a garden and wanted to get some pointers. One book I read was about mulching. The ...