Homemade Organic Fertilizer – Tips on How to Make It

Homemade organic fertilizer is healthier and cheaper. Here are a few tips and a recipe for making your own fertilizer and growing nutritious, delicious fruits and vegetables.

Caring for Your Plantings While Conserving Water

The use of water has become more and more of an issue for many communities. All across the country we see rationing and restrictions. And why not? Water takes valuable resources to process and make potable. Have we become much too reliant on a cheap source of clean water? We water our lawns to keep them fresh and green. We use chemical fertilizers that increase the amount of water required and do it, with little regard to how, when and why we water our plants.

Organic weed killer for all gardens!

I found a great “organic” weed killing product…see the description below.
Herbicidal soap gets rid of weeds fast!
Signature Product Our tests have shown that Weed-Aside works much faster and more thoroughly than similar products. A blend of naturally occurring fatty acids, Weed-Aside kills weeds, then quickly decomposes in the soil. You can sow seed [...]

How to Choose the Right Organic Fertilizer

Going organic is the way to go to protect yourself, your environment, and make a wonderland out of your backyard. But choosing the right organic fertilizer can be a real headache, especially for those who have just decided to take up organic gardening as a hobby. After reading this article, you will help be [...]

“7 Great Tips for Huge Tomatoes & Healthy Plants”

I have got 7 great tips for growing the fattest tomatoes, but it takes a little work to coax your tomatoes into really packing on the pounds. First of all, you’ll need to provide your tomato plants with full sun, fluffy soil with plenty of organic matter, lots of space between plants, an inch of [...]

Digging and Storing Bulbs

Bulbs provide a good investment for money spent and supply years of spring color in your yard. Fall is the prime time for planting of hardy spring flowering bulbs. Most bulbs can be planted until [...]

Raised bed gardening has benefits!

Organic gardening magic says that after great research “some people think the extra work of raised bed gardening is not worth it, there are several advantages that you may wish to consider. First for those who don’t know what raised bed gardening is I will define it. In most basic terms it is when a [...]

Cutworms to be Bad this Year! Household items are a Solution!

Often, the best way to prevent cutworms is by applying cutworm collars to your tomato plants made from household items. These cutworm collars can be made by using stiff paper, toilet or paper towel rolls, 2×6″ newspaper collars, milk cartons, aluminum foil or even carefully cut tin cans. These are great organic ways [...]

Companion Planting Vegetable List

Companion planting is a great way to deter pests as well as provide nutrients to each other, like a free fertilizer and pest control. After several hours of research, I have come up with a list for you to use as a companion planting guide.
This vegetable planting guide is for companion planting. I have [...]

Common Tomato Diseases

Keep your tomato crop in top shape by avoiding some common diseases: Early blight affects the tomato foliage, the fruits and the stems. It is caused by the Alternaria solani fungus. Symptoms include dark spots that have concentric rings. Late blight is caused by the Phytophthora infestans fungus and affects both tomatoes and potatoes. It is especially dangerous if the weather is particularly cool and wet. Bacterial wilt is caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, which enters the tomato plants roots through wounds made by insects, or natural wounds that occur where secondary roots begin to grow. Southern Blight is caused by the Sclerotium rolfsii fungus. Generally the first symptom is the drooping of the tomato leaves, which is common for other wilts.