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You may have hard stony soil or a clay pan but with a no-dig, raised-bed garden you can build a productive garden using organic principles- without great effort.

A no-dig, raised bed garden is easy to build following these straight-forward instructions. Such a garden will give years of maintenance free production.

A wildlife pond is an excellent addition to a garden. Frogs will eat common garden pests like slugs. Birds like robins and blue tits will appreciate the insect activity.

The thought of all that back-breaking digging puts many people off growing their own vegetables. The no dig system of gardening offers an alternative, but does it work?

Improve soil for any new garden without digging. Use mulch, plus a bit of patience, to smother lawn and control weeds. Then plant flowers, ground covers, or shrubs.

Straw bales can allow organic gardeners to harvest large yields of vegetables in poor soil conditions. This no dig gardening method is easy and inexpensive.

Piles of old newspapers are a non-toxic way to kill weeds and grass in perennial and vegetable gardens

Raised garden beds crop well and save much hard work in vegetable gardening. They are particularly useful in small gardens and for older or disabled gardeners.

Find indoor activities for kids in November. Activities for Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving games, and tools for teaching gratitude to preschoolers.

When cold weather approaches, squirrels look for a warm place to hide and that could include an attic. Gardeners can do a few preventive things to keep squirrels a bay.

Gardening in raised beds helps ensure the health of organic vegetable crops and offers benefits to gardeners over traditional in ground methods.

Writing exercises can help train and expand the writing mind. Here are some easy spring writing prompts to get you started.

Making a garden is fun, but even more satisfying is deciding on a whole site master plan using permaculture principles of organic garden design for an environmentally sus

Mulch is important in the organic garden to preserve and develop soil structure, to create fertility and avoid problems of compaction and erosion. There are many choices