When Fruit Flies Invade Your Compost Pile
Composting is so simple: you just add kitchen and garden waste to a pile or bin and stir it fromContinue Reading
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Clip On, Mosquitoes Off!
This has been a rainy year where I live and rain means mosquitoes, enough to make puttering around in theContinue Reading
What to Do About Plantain in a Lawn?
Broadleaf plantain (Plantago major), also called greater plantain, is a very common perennial lawn weed. It’s most often found inContinue Reading
Avoid Touching Your Vegetables When Their Leaves Are Wet
Immediately after it rains, early in the morning when the leaves of the plants are covered with dew, or evenContinue Reading
You Know You’re Addicted to Gardening When…
You have a nagging desire pull out weeds in other people’s gardens. You steal the bags of leaves your neighborsContinue Reading
Garden Myth: Cornmeal Makes Ants Explode
There are all sorts of garden myths, but one of the strangest is certainly the one that suggests if youContinue Reading
Bee Counted!
Is your garden bee-friendly? And also adapted to attract and feed other pollinators? If so, why not join the MillionContinue Reading
Keep That Veggie Garden Full!
I hope that, by now, you are already reaping delicious fresh vegetables from your garden… but, as you harvest them,Continue Reading
Finally! Japanese Maples for Cold Climates!
Who doesn’t like Japanese maples (Acer palmatum), with their lacy foliage and oriental look? They’re on pretty much every gardener’sContinue Reading
Garden-Friendly Trees
Here are a few examples of trees that either have deep roots or roots that are at least not tooContinue Reading