Organic Gardening - Fine Gardening
-
How-To
What Are the Differences Between Synthetic and Organic Pest and Disease Products?
How you manage garden pests and diseases is a personal choice, and there are many management philosophies. Two of the most common methodologies are integrated pest management (IPM) and organic…
-
How-To
Suppress Weeds Organically with Corn Gluten Meal
Managing weeds organically can truly be a challenge. After some experimentation, I have found that corn gluten meal (CGM) is showing very promising results in controlling the annual weeds that…
-
Design
Making an Organic Community Garden in Arkansas
Today we’re visiting with Mary Maud Huber. Fourteen years ago when we moved to Fairfield Bay in north-central Arkansas, I wanted a plot in the Community Garden. The town is…
-
Collection
Sustainable Gardening Collection
The dirty little secret of gardening is that many of the common practices and products we use to improve our backyard oases are actually bad for the environment. We use…
-
Kitchen Gardening
Book Review – Good Bug Bad Bug
Good Bug Bad Bug, by Jessica Walliser, is an indispensable field guide for quickly and easily identifying the most common garden pests and beneficial insects.
-
Article
Book Review: Texas Bug Book: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Texas Bug Book is a glossary of the most common pests and beneficials around the garden.
-
Kitchen Gardening
Collection of Successful Organic Controls
All seasoned gardeners have organic gardening hints that they swear-on-a-stack-of-Bibles will work to repel pests, cure disease, and deter weeds.