The gardener in me really appreciates urban gardening because this is the area that I feel urban gardening began.
For centuries the inhabitants of Mediterranian have used the art of window box planting, hanging clay planters as they managed to garden and add beauty to their small personal spaces.
These people even knew how to compost […]

The original square foot unit is 4×4ft, 16 sq ft, which can supply one person with vegetables and salads.
When I made mine I made raised beds and made them 36 “wide and since there were 6 of us I had to make two 3 ft. wide by 24 ft. long with a 20” path […]

Watering the garden plants by means of drip irrigation is unquestionably more effective than by sprinklers and more efficient in terms of water management. Roughly speaking, drip irrigation, if installed and applied correctly, can save at least 20% of the water that is lost in run-off, especially where trees and shrubs are concerned. However, […]

Chemical weed killers or herbicides should be used as sparingly as possible in gardens as a whole, but especially in private ones. Excessive use of them is bad for the ecological balance in the garden itself.
Nonetheless, it is not easy to desist entirely from their application, although highly committed organic gardeners insist on doing […]

indoor hydroponics head of the class.
Students at Chiles Elementary are learning how to grow lettuce, but not the way you might think. Sharon Cutler is teaching students how to grow lettuce hydroponically, not only that she is teaching them how to do so while reducing their carbon footprint.
Cutler is using the money she received […]

Many gardeners wonder what exactly organic gardening means. The simple answer is that organic gardeners don’t use synthetic fertilizers or pesticides on their plants - this is the easiest organic gardening tip
But gardening organically is much more than what you don’t do. When you garden organically, you think of your plants as […]

If you have animals, especially horses, then you should know about the risks of ragwort. This dangerous plant is especially toxic to horses, as well as other animals, and once ragwort has been spread and starts to grow, it can be incredibly difficult to remove. In fact, even just one ragwort plant is capable […]

As far back as I can remember I’ve loved gardening. When I was a small child I would spend countless hours in the dirt with my grandmother planting everything from cucumbers to corn. Every summer I would spend all my days on my grandparents farm. My grandfather game me a proposal, work in the […]

The equipment you use in your composting will help make or break your pursuits of building your compost. If you are really bent on making the most of your composting goals, a good familiarization of the tools that will help you achieve your goals is very much appropriate. The tools will not necessarily be […]

Unlike the aging body, you do not need the elixir of youth to be able to ensure that your compost heap is at its glorious best, thriving and able to function well on your soil. Few people are attracted with passivity of all forms, especially in compost, which is supposed to be a hot […]