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Natural Solutions to Pests in Your Garden
Trying to control pests and bugs in an organic garden can be challenging, just ask an organic gardener. No matter the flora, all have their variety of insects that they attract. No plant leaf, stem and/or flower are immune.
Kent Higgins
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Natural Lawn Care - Get Your Lawn Off Drugs
Grow greener grass on your side of the fence, naturally. Easy steps to get your lawn off drugs, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides. How to feed the soil and care for the grass so weeds won't flourish and pests stay away. Organic ways to get rid of grubs, ants and other pests.
Bruce Knight
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Tips For New Gardeners Part 2 - Planning Your Garden
Some people have a natural ability for laying out a garden but for the majority, a degree of garden planning is essential in order to end up with an interesting and functional garden. In this article you can find some of the basics of planning a successful garden.
Luke Harrison
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Garden Design - How to Get Great Results by Using Plants of the Same Color
A color scheme based on a single color is known as a monochromatic design. A garden bed or border so designed has the principle properties of boldness, simplicity, and clarity. It is a style that demands some courage on behalf of the designer - many, probably the majority of home gardeners are frightened off the idea, or believe they are missing out by not stuffing into the bed, as wide a range of color as possible.
Jonathan Ya'akobi
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House Plants Need Loving Too
Just about everyone has some sort of houseplant in their home. There are many people who love their plants and treat them extra special. You have to remember that house plants are living organisms as well. Thus they get attacked by living things as well.
Alf Tuley
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Growing Tomatoes - How to Avoid Common Problems
One of the most exciting moments in tomato growing is when flowers begin to fade and the first little pea-like fruits appear. Each day they grow a little bigger until they reach their mature size when they start to change colour and become ripe tomatoes. They look almost too good to eat!
Nick Chenhall
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Making Your Lawn Organic
You may be wondering what an "organic lawn" is. Well, don't let the name fool you, an organic lawn is in no way different from the lawn you have outside. What makes a lawn an organic lawn is how you maintain your lawn, specifically by using no artificial pesticides or fertilizers.
Steven Blades
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Top Five Tips For Survival Gardening
Survival gardening is not a new idea, but has not been widely practiced in the United States since World War II. With food prices rising and a global food shortage crisis spreading, the ability to grow and store your own food is more important than it ever has been. These five tips will help you plant a successful survival garden.
Christopher A. Williams
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Choosing Plants For Your Garden
Most of the time we run to the plant nursery and buy our garden plants without giving much thought to the type of plant care that must be given to these plants. Things to consider before buying your plants. 1) Do we want perennial plants or annual plants?
Charles Bledsoe
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Texas Friendly Flowers
Using native flowers has many benefits for your garden. This article talks about some of the plants that are native to Texas along with detailing some of the benefits of choosing native plants.
Ki Gray
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