Stale Seedbed Technique – Harness Nature’s Cycles for Less Weeding, More Gardening
The counterintuitive gardening technique that gives you cleaner beds with less work. Discover the secret of stale seedbeds.
Homemade Weed Killers – Are Social Media Recipes Safe and Effective?
Discover the truth about homemade weed killers. Are social media recipes safe and effective? Find out before you try them in your garden.
Trap Crops – Organic Pest Management for Gardeners
Discover the power of trap cropping for pest control in your home garden. Learn how to use decoy plants to protect your precious vegetables.
Controlling Bindweed in the Garden
Field bindweed is one of the most invasive and destructive weeds in cropland and gardens. Read why it grows and how improving soil fertility controls it.
Stopping Bermuda Grass in the Garden
Bermuda grass: love it or hate it - most people fall into one of the two camps; there doesn’t seem to be much in-between.
Critters In The Garden Questions
We share some of the best ways our customers have found of keeping critters out of the garden and your heard-earned veggies!
Controlling Fungus Gnats in Seedlings
Fungus gnats are more a nuisance than a real problem in seedlings, but we'll show why they show up, how to monitor and control them.
Damping off – Causes and Control
Damping-off is a soil borne fungal disease that can attack almost all young vegetable seedlings. We show simple methods to control and treat damping off.
Late Season Pest and Disease Prevention
Pest and disease prevention is a major topic for many gardeners and for good reason. We take a top down approach to manage for next season with easy tips.
Controlling Aphids Naturally
Aphids are perennial pests that gardeners deal with, often with very mixed results. We'll show you both prevention and treatment methods for aphids.
Blossom End Rot – What To Do
Blossom end rot is a perennial problem for gardeners. We'll show you both preventative and immediate techniques to minimize this all-too-common disease.
How Milk Improves Soil Health
Milk, in surprisingly small amounts, can make multiple significant positive impacts on the health and productivity of your entire garden.
Home Garden Bug Solution
Here's a recipe we’ve found to be effective in dealing with unwanted insects and other bugs in your garden in a non-toxic way.
Squash Bugs and Ways to Deal With Them
We explore the most effective natural means of controlling the destructive squash bugs in your vegetable garden.