Garden Cover Crops for Beginners
As the season begins to come to a close and you start to clean out areas of your garden, you have blank space left. Most beginning gardeners “close up shop” and leave their gardens for…
Composting
How to Use Fall Leaves in the Garden
Do you have an abundance of deciduous autumn leaves? Or maybe you could “rescue” fall leaves from going to the landfill? If so, you will have found what might be considered a “gold mine” for…
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How to Use Buckwheat as a Summer Cover Crop
In many areas, especially in longer growing seasons, gardeners discover a mid-season fallow in parts of the garden where spring crops have harvested. This comes as a surprise to many gardeners, often in June or…
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Gardening with Chickens: How to Use Your Flock for Manure, Natural Tilling, Pest Control, and More
With more and more people staying at home amidst the pandemic, gardening isn’t the only thing that’s become more popular. Raising chickens seems to be a natural next step for many gardeners. Gardening with chickens…
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Simplifying Compost — FAQ for Home Gardener
One of the biggest mistakes I see home gardeners make regarding composting is this: we overcomplicate it. It’s easy to do, though, because there’s so much research out there and it can seem overwhelming. Our…
Compost Piles vs. Tumblers
Homemade compost is one of the best assets you can have as a gardener. The nutrients it adds to your soil are amazing and when you make it at home it is very inexpensive. But…