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A Green Earth | December 30th 2009 by A New Green Earth
Love being part of an organic community garden and am learning so much there about how to build up strong soil and produce `REAL' Food.The rain has given me a holiday from watering my patch at the community garden, but today went down to pick the bea read more
Thermoelectric Generation: The Next Big Thing
Bending Tree Arts - The Art of Living from Scratch | December 29th 2009 by Betsy
for off-grid northerners, at least. Bob was drafted by one of our local farmers to help her design a greenhouse with heated beds — using no electricity. He spent a whole evening bouncing ideas around with me (not that I have any expertise, min read more
Gardening Review of the Year 2009
Rekindled | December 29th 2009 by Zoe Williams
2009 has been a mixed bag for me in terms of gardening, but I think I have made a lot of progress. There have been several failures and one or two disasters, but lots of lessons learned, and handful of big successes. To be honest I have enjoyed my read more
Flower Bed Ideas: Alternative Garden Suggestions
Learn How To Be A Backyard Gardener, Enjoy Your Garden | December 28th 2009 by James Mann
Image by upturnedface via Flickr Do you have troublesome soil, inadequate drainage, or merely not enough room for everything you would like to grow in your yard? Then why not solve all your problems with the elementary add-on of a raised flowe read more
THE 2010 SEED CATALOGS ARE HERE
Dean Hanmer | December 27th 2009 by Dean Hanmer
I've received my first seed catalog for the upcoming season. It's from Burpee; the cover featuring a photograph of "Tye-Dye" Tomato, a Burpee Exclusive. I've never ordered from Burpee, but once you've ordered from one seed company, you've read more
Bamboo Pole, Bamboo Poles, Bamboo Sticks, Bamboo For Sale
RoseGardenMania | December 25th 2009 by Lorrette
Bamboo Pole, Bamboo Poles, Bamboo Sticks, Bamboo For Sale Bamboo poles are an attractive addition to your indoor and outdoor entertainment areas. Domestically grown or imported, they can be finished in a kiln and polished to show the natural beauty read more
Take Time to Smell the Compost
My Rainbow World | December 21st 2009
Backyard in May I spent some time in the backyard today. Yes, I did. Scooped a lot of greyhound poop and picked up small branches shed by the pecan tree. I tended my compost pile, turning dried grass clippings into the dark, ripened almost read more
New Additions With Prepping Rose Beds
Organic Vegetable Gardening | December 19th 2009 by Lee Power
Roses are best planted in late November, December and January. Many new varieties are not ready for shipment until after the first of the year. For the Lower South special attention should be given to the preparation of the soil. Roses don't like ver read more
Spread mulch throughout shrub beds…
GardenLeap | December 19th 2009
help control weeds and help the soil retain moisture. Related posts:When mulching your shrub beds, avoid… piling the mulch up against the trunks of your trees...Mulch protects tree and shrub roots… from the heat in the summer and the co read more
Tips for frost-proofing your garden
My Greener Home | December 18th 2009
It might seem strange, but December has to be one of my favourite months for gardening. Yes, it's cold, but it's also a good chance to catch up on things you haven't time to do throughout the year. For example, this week I've patched up the walls of read more
A 10'x2' Raised Bed for the Vegetable Garden
The Home Garden | December 17th 2009 by Dave
Each year I expand my vegetable garden just a little. I use raised beds which just can't be beat for productivity in the backyard vegetable garden and so this year I'm planning on adding four more beds. These four raised beds may just be the last of read more
Design your flower beds…
GardenLeap | December 16th 2009
to be about 5 feet deep to simplify maintenance. Related posts:When mulching your shrub beds, avoid… piling the mulch up against the trunks of your trees...Spread mulch throughout shrub beds… help control weeds and help the soil retain read more
Ready to Grow
Whole Life Gardening | December 14th 2009 by CL Fornari
Report From PIA – December 14 You have to admire plants for their willingness to grow. In a crack in asphalt, bit of soil underneath larger plants, or even in the crotches of trees, there will be a plant that’s ready to grow there. We love th read more
Going Green
Clivias | December 13th 2009 by Gizelle Geyer
Every day I look at the tiny clivia plants quietly growing in their trays and try to figure out what on earth I am going to do with 1000 seedlings. I have a huge garden, but have three dogs and two cats who see flower beds as either a bed or a diggin read more
Vegetable Gardening: Creating A Winter Vegetable Garden
Home Gardening Tips | December 13th 2009 by Bill Stanley
There are a number of great veggies that you can grow throughout the winter months. Cold hardy greens like escarole Fall Squash are a good pick for the winter garden. Carrots and other root crops also work well. Make sure to talk to your local extens read more
Planting Beans: Growing Beans In Your Garden
Home Gardening Tips | December 13th 2009 by Bill Stanley
The humble bean is a wonderful vegetable - both for you and your garden. Beans are legumes so they draw nitrogen from Green Beans the air and fix it into the soil on their roots. This means whatever you grow after your beans will benefit from the ext read more
Gardening in the Frosty Air
Es*sense: Esmaa's Sense of Things | December 10th 2009 by Esmaa Self
Our backyard this morning: 0 degrees Ma Nature has been snowin’ an’ blowin’ up bushels of fun all week. With luck, we’ll see above freezing temperatures tomorrow. So how is it that I have bell and habanero peppers in my unheated greenhouse? B read more
A complete guide to composting
Oganic Gardening|Home Garden Seeds | December 10th 2009 by Anthony
Composting: an easy guide to Safe, Natural and Eco-Friendly soil Compost is a natural fertilizer that gives you a healthy soil, full of nutrients. Expensive and often harmful fertilizers are unnecessary – you can achieve a beautiful garden with no read more
Tomato fever
companion planting | December 10th 2009 by jeannine davidoff
These delectable fruits are a real winner in the garden Botanical name and origin of Tomato The botanical name for Tomato is Lycopersicon lycopersicumGrowing TomatoYou can start preparing for your spring crops by planting tomato seed into trays or p read more
Season's end - with disappearing melons
Renee's Blog | December 8th 2009 by Renees Garden
Despite an epidemic of late blight in the Northeast this summer, it was a very good season for our trial garden here in Vermont at the Middlebury College Organic Garden…and the season hasn't quite ended yet even though it's early December and we st read more
Portable Raised Garden Beds for the Urban Square Foot Gardener
Edenmakers' Blog | December 4th 2009
“Portable raised garden beds for the urban square foot gardener.” I don’t think I’ve ever written such a long blog title, but it works! It’s exciting to be able to present some space efficient options for those of you read more
Portable Raised Garden Beds for the Urban Square Foot Gardener
Edenmakers' Blog | December 4th 2009
“Portable raised garden beds for the urban square foot gardener.” I don’t think I’ve ever written such a long blog title, but it works! It’s exciting to be able to present some space efficient options for those of you read more
Leaf Collection
The Gardener's Coach Blog | November 30th 2009 by Patricia Davis
This is how our street looks for most of the month of October and November. This is 300 feet of collected leaves from just two yards. The township comes by two or three times during the season and picks them up in huge trucks. This year, I am pr read more
Preparing A Vegetable Garden
The Organic Gardening Secrets | November 29th 2009 by Mareli Avenir
Preparing an organic vegetable garden, without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers, can be tricky if you’re used to conventional methods. However, there are some significant rewards, as well. After all, you’ll always know that the foo read more
December is Time to Spruce of Garden Beds, Plant Spring-Flowering…
Organic Gardening Tips | November 28th 2009 by Jeremia Trirachmat
Plant growth comes to a near halt in December, so it is a good time to spruce up flowerbeds and gardens and plant spring-flowering bulbs, say experts at Agromin, an Oxnard-based manufacturer of premium soil products made from recycled green material. read more
Broccoli and Cauliflower Production Guide
Pinoy Bisnis | November 26th 2009 by Jay
Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var italica Plenck) is one of the most expensive vegetables in the Philippines. It can be boiled, steamed, stir fried, or sauteed with other vegetables. It is fairly high in vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, iron, thiamine read more
Edging Materials in Landscapes
Steve Snedeker's Landscaping Blog | November 26th 2009 by Steve Snedeker
Separating elements is an integral part of the prettiest landscape designs. Thus edging materials double as not only aesthetic but also as functional elements. Designs as simple as the laid-in rock edging in the picture below separate the walkway m read more
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN
Cleburne Homestead | B & B, art and heritage, Hobart, Tasman… | November 23rd 2009 by David
The vegetable garden is flourishing in late November. We anticipate using the rhubarb, salad vegetables and herbs for our Hearty Continental breakfasts. Heavy winter rains have saturated the soil and bright Spring sunshine has stimulated the growth read more
Damping Off
The Tomato Gardener | November 20th 2009 by chicago_blogger
Young plants in seed-beds often perish suddenly from a rot of the stem at the surface of the ground. This occurs as a rule in dull, cloudy weather among plants kept at too high a temperature, crowded too closely in the beds or not sufficiently ventil read more
DIGGING FOR BUGS
Little Homestead in the City | November 19th 2009 by Anais Dervaes
The menagerie of animals that live here on the urban homestead provides us with countless hours of entertainment and free “therapy” - bringing smiles to our sometimes stressed brows. Here’s Lucie (aka Lucie Goosey) digging her way read more
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