Adding selectively what normally goes out in the trash can keep away blossom end rot and compliment your soil. The Hacks: save your eggshells and banana peels and add them when you plant tomatoes out – an interesting thought too:…
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Bethel Organics, Inc. Wins Top Honors at 2009 All Things Organic™ Trade Show for 100% Biodegradable DOT Pots™
Shows I’ve been asleep at the ingredients aisle – thought all the other peat pot type pots were 100% organic. These pots are part of a great little seed starter kit. The “Cow Pots” are made of manure and fiber,…
Get Your Mind Out of the Gutter and Put Your Garden There Instead
Make your own “vertical veggie garden” with some gutter material and an exterior wall you’re not doing anything with anyway! The Hack: Use a wall and some gutter material to make a vertical garden where no garden has dared to…
How do I Get Cool Weather Crops to Grow in the Summer?
“… cool weather crops include leafy vegetables such as lettuce, chard and spinach, root crops including carrots and beets and cole crops such as broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage. These vegetables are highest in quality when they mature in the cool…
Myth-ing from the Garden
More for landscape than for gardening, but the information is valuable. Linda Chalker-Scott has a great list of articles she’s written, including the use of wood chips, epsom salt, dust mulching(!) and more. http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~Linda%20Chalker-Scott/Horticultural%20Myths_files/index.html
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