Gardening

Companion Plants for Organic Gardening

July 8, 2013 by Rachel Thomas
Last updated on: April 9, 2016

When it comes to organic gardening, you want the best of both worlds. You want healthy, bug free plants without resorting to toxins or pesticides. However, garden pests don’t always cooperate. One great organic solution is to plant companion plants.… [read]

The Difference Between Heirlooms, Hybrids, and GMOs

May 29, 2013 by Kerry Soltis
Last updated on: February 28, 2016

Know Your Produce – Perfect Produce Is Unnatural There is nothing quite like the taste of a fresh fruit or vegetable straight from the garden. To the eye of the gardener, this vegetable picked ripe off of the vine is… [read]

Urban Homesteader Produces 6,000 lbs of Organic Food on 1/10th Acre

May 28, 2013 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

The Dervaes family grows more than 6,000 pounds of food a year, on 1/10 acre located just 15 minutes from downtown Los Angeles. With over 400 species of plants, 4,300 pounds of vegetable food, 900 chicken and 1,000 duck eggs,… [read]

LED Light Bulbs are an Economical and Green Alternative to Other Grow Lights

May 22, 2013 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

LED light bulbs last longer, are very energy efficient, and produce beautiful light. The list as to why you should switch to LEDs goes on. But now, even indoor plant growers have a reason to switch. A Purdue University study… [read]

How to Start a Vegetable Garden – How to Grow Vegetables

May 13, 2013 by Christian Monahan
Last updated on: July 2, 2015

So You Want to Build an Organic Vegetable Garden… It’s easy enough to say you want to build an organic garden, but how does one actually get started? Before I get into my four beginning principals, let me say that… [read]

How to Make Organic Compost

January 22, 2013 by Daniel Novak
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

A Beginner’s Guide to the Art of Organic DIY Composting With “green” gardening becoming more and more popular, many gardeners are turning toward making their own organic compost for a number of reasons, from low cost (relative to store-bought versions)… [read]

Soaking Garden Seeds

August 21, 2012 by Susan "Yogi Suzi" Grimes
Last updated on: June 3, 2015

Visualize yourself totally stoked about gardening. In this picture you are getting some garden beds or containers ready for planting. Maybe your schedule lightened up and you found yourself with a free day to garden – to plant seeds. The… [read]