For many of us, organic gardening can be a way to get back to our roots and reconnect with the land. Rather than relying on synthetic chemicals, organic gardening emphasizes using natural, renewable, ...

Before designing your garden, observe the amount of sunlight in your yard. Choose a sunny spot with easy access to a rainwater collection barrel or hose. Next, decide if you want to build raised ...

There’s organic wine, organic dog food, organic hair color and organic pumpkin spice latte-flavored beer. It’s a great, big organic world. And it’s getting bigger. Organic gardening is growing fruits, ...

Which organic garden soil should I buy? Beyond warmer weather and longer days, the onset of spring means it’s time to sow seeds and break out the gardening gloves. One of the most important things to ...

From droughts to flooding and heat waves, the weather has been tough all across the country recently. Did you know that pests can significantly reduce your garden yield? According to the Connecticut ...

Add composted leaf litter to your garden crops. Wondering what to do with raked leaves? Turn it into composted leaf litter, or leaf matter, and read on to see how one small farm put this natural ...

A gardener plants a small plant in a bed of gardening soil - Alex Ratson/Getty Images If you're looking to a take a more natural approach to gardening, choosing an organic gardening soil is a great ...

In the past few weeks, I've written about using products in your landscape that sound strange and unusual to some gardeners, especially chemical users. I've talked about products like vinegar, ...

Pest prevention wasn’t much of a problem in Nevada. Our biggest hazard was black widows. Carelessness meant painful bites and possibly antivenin. They crept in dark corners and under cabinets — ...

Join the Woodbridge Main Library April 12 at 7PM to learn how to manage your flower bed, shrubs, trees, lawn, and vegetable gardens with minimal, if any, use of synthetic chemical additives. By taking ...

Biological control is the management of pests and their damage by the beneficial action of parasites (parasitoids), pathogens, and predators. These beneficial organisms, collectively, are named ...