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What’s the biggest money saver in organic gardening? Cover crops. By planting a cover crop in the fall you can save big bucks on fertilizer. How big? If you have a 50-foot x 60-foot garden you can…
Cook up your own FAST, high-quality compost and either use it immediately in your garden, or brew it for a great compost tea. Compost is one of the cornerstones of organic gardening and we have loads of…
Prune cherry, apricot, and pluot trees in the summer, not the winter. These trees are susceptible to water-borne diseases and winter pruning cuts provide dangerous openings for damage in rainy weather.…
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With Integrated Pest Management or IPM, pest control does not mean waiting until June and then grabbing the most toxic spray around to wipe out the summer pests in your garden. You’d probably…
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New organic gardeners are often most enthusiastic about and most worried about organic pest control. These gardeners want to stop using chemical sprays on their plants—on the other hand, they’re…
How much does famed TV gardener Joe Lamp’l love compost? He dove into a pile of it—more than once. Tricia didn’t have a huge compost pile for Joe at the San Francisco Flower & Garden…
Ready to hire some composting experts? Redworms are quiet and tireless helpers that can live in bins (indoors or outdoors) and turn your kitchen scraps into odorless compost. Fix the redworms up with a…
A hedgerow is like a neon sign in your garden that spells VACANCY to beneficial insects. Organic gardening is about creating a garden that is alive and in balance. Beneficial insects are an essential form…
Parasitic beneficial insects are crucial members of your garden patrol. Calling an insect a “parasite” can be a tremendous compliment if you’re an organic gardener. Beneficial insects…
