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Find out how to catch up on the latest trends in organic vegetable gardening

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) promotes seasonal cooking with a weekly delivery of fresh tasty produce and many other healthy advantages.

Great changes take place within a compost pile so that it becomes greater than the sum of its parts - there are more usable nitrates than in the original material. "Good

There is no scientific evidence to support the view that the number of hungry mouths will soon outstrip the earth's food production capacity.

Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell tells organic gardeners how to grow a container garden full of edible plants on a deck, balcony, or even a windowsill.

Apples present a challenge to the organic gardener, but gardeners can find success by choosing disease resistant varieties and using good cultivation practices.

A range of effective techniques for clearing this persistent weed, using both organic and chemical based methods.

Strategic planning often focuses on what needs to be fixed in the current plan. The Organic method works because it focuses on building the future on current successes.

Flowers that are grown organically, just like vegetables that are grown organically, are better for the environment.

"The Vegetable Gardener's Bible" is a great reference book for all gardeners, whether he or she gardens organically or not.

Turkey is a holiday tradition in many American households going back to the days of the Pilgrims. Now there is an important difference as to how the bird is raised.

Grow your very own pesticide and chemical-free vegetables through organic gardening methods. This spring, use these three tips to go organic.

Organic gardeners must attack kudzu aggressively, as it can overtake and kill even mature trees.

Citrus borer and codling moth are two major annoyances for home orchardists. They need controlling if you want to grow good fruit.

Planting potatoes is easy for the organic gardener who chooses the right potato varieties, and fights pests and diseases with proven natural gardening methods.

Organic gardeners can improve their soil health by learning about the role of mycorrhizal fungi in improving vegetable and flower plant performance.

An introduction to growing a magical garden for kitchen witches, covering herbs, vegetables, fruit and flowers.

If you have never eaten a rose, you don't know what you are missing. They are delicious and are great in a homemade bread.

Interest in using flowers for taste, color and fragrance when cooking is gaining momentum.

A favourite edible bloom, nasturtiums are a lovely, colourful addition to any vegetable patch or community garden plot.

Organic gardeners can control the growing process by choosing the best tomato varieties, by saving seeds, and by starting tomato plants from seed.

Starting a patch of salad greens in the vegetable garden is a wonderful way to welcome spring. Mix and match a blend of different lettuce varieties to eat this season.

Garden borers affect vegetables, trees, and flowers in a way no other caterpillar pest does, eating plants from the inside out. Kill these insects using organic methods.

Looking back and looking forward all at the same time. Resolving to make changes that will improve the future are what New Year resolutions are all about.

For many organic gardeners, the lawn comprises the largest growing space on the property. Grow a natural lawn without pesticides or herbicides.

Weeds are ugly and hard to get rid off - especially if chemicals are no option. Here are some safe and organic ways to kill unwanted sprawling plants.

Organic farming lessens the effects of climate change. Urs Niggli of the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) calls for increased support.

Peanuts, famous for being grown in the south, can be a star of your garden even if you live in a cool climate. For those in zone 8B to 11, there is a perennial variety.

Pumpkins are a sign of autumn. There is so much to do with pumpkins that it would boggle your mind. Teach your kids all about pumpkins with this lesson plan.

Organics is becoming more than just growing a few vegetables in the back yard or choosing spotty and grotty fruit from the local market: .

Making inferences is a common question type on standardized reading tests. Here's how teachers can help their students develop specific reading strategies to improve.

Attacking many kinds of deciduous trees, webworms form a spider-like web on the ends of branches, resembling dirty rags, filled with black droppings and wriggling worms.

Vermicomposting, or vermiculture, is an easy and convenient way for every person to get involved with organic gardening and saving trash from the landfill.

American Robins are common in North America and frequently feed and nest in urban and suburban landscapes. It's easy to attract Turdus migratorius to a bird-friendly yard

Container vegetable gardening is growing in popularity for those who have relatively small outside spaces or large areas of shade, or little time.

A new type of stink bug plagues North American landscapes each fall but can be removed with either poisons or organic methods.

Local, organic produce is found at farmer's markets, in downtown supermarkets, at farm-direct produce stores, at farm stands and can be home-delivered in Victoria BC.

As temperatures drop, mice feel the cold, too, and seek warmer quarters, including inside homes. But there are kid-friendly, nontoxic ways to stop such infestations.

Ever wonder about colony collapse and why bees are so important to our lives? Read on to find out more from one of honey's biggest supporters.

Organic foods are one of the hottest trends in nutrition these days. What are benefits of eating organic food during pregnancy and it is worth the extra money?