Green & Organic

Most people do not know that you can grow tomatoes year round in Texas. Follow these simple steps and you can harvest your own tomatoes all year round and avoid the high prices at the grocery...

We need to look at ways to reduce our dependence on oil. A rare topic needs a closer look. "Embodied energy analysis is interested in what energy goes to supporting a consumer, and so all...

Watching wild birds frolic in your yard is always a delight. Here is how you can make your garden a bird friendly place.

It's on the news: Honey bees are dying off. It could threaten the food supply, as well as destroy whole ecosystems as fewer plants can make seeds to replenish themselves. The news stories often...

Avocados are delicious when eaten alone. Also avocados are essential when making guacamole. Every avocado contains a seed that has the potential of growing into a whole new avocado tree. Each...

Spinach is a cold weather low maintenance crop and so easy to grow and harvest. It only took 6 weeks to start enjoying it this year. My husbands garden is all organic so our organic spinach is...

Looking for an inexpensive and easy way to grow your own vegetables? Create a raised vegetable garden bed. It is a great way to keep out pests and allow your vegetables more room to grow. ...

Easy, inexpensive, organic and fun lasagna (layered) gardening. Make it any size or any shape and most ingredients are free.

Making a compost pile is an inexpensive way to recycle used organic materials into am ongoing supply of organic fertilizer for a garden. A home compost pile can be made on the ground or in a...

With warm weather season comes the annoying bug season. Here are some natural ways to avoid mosquito bites. Besides annoying, mosquito bites can be harmful to your health as well as the chemicals...

Do you love Herbs, flowers, cooking with things out of your summer garden, and potpourri? Would you like to learn easy ways how to dry and store your favorite herbs and flowers for those amazing...

True to its name, powdery mildew forms a dusty gray or white powder on stems, buds, fruits, and foliage. This disease can significantly reduce a plants yield and vigor, sometimes destroying them...

Why use compost? It is economical, eco-friendly and healthy for your plants. Compost consists of a large amount of organic materials that decomposes into a small amount of nutrient-rich soil. Here...

When you find an Aphid infestation stop and look carefully before you panic and get out the insect spray. Check your plants carefully to see if the insect predators ‘good bugs’ are already there...

Willow bark contains natural rooting chemicals which work well for rooting other plants. Using willow branches to make a tea to use for watering plants is the easiest way to incorporate natural...

Cacti can be fun plants to have in your home. For the most part, they are very easy to care for and maintain, even for the beginner gardener. Cacti do require a special soil in order for them to...

Making your home a little more "green" is not nearly as hard as you may think. There are so many different things that you can do to make your home more environmentally friendly and even...

Have you always wanted to save money but also help the environment? These safe tips will help you go green, and save money.

Composting at home helps reduce a family's carbon footprint. Composting at a school can reduce a community's carbon footprint, as well as create an educational opportunity for children and their...

With this economy, avoiding pesticides may not be at the top of the grocery list, but there are good reasons to consider making it a priority. Pesticides have been shown to corrupt the ecology by...

As the economy worsens, those who have the desire to save money by vegetable gardening can elicit the help of their neighbors to start a community garden right in their own backyard. This not only...

Growing lavender is easy in well-drained, balanced loamy soil with lots of sunshine. The plant is loved the world over. Here’s how to successfully grow lavender in pots, in the ground, or in...

A carbon footprint is a measurement of the amount of CO2 (carbon dioxide) you emit in a year. It is based on fuel consumption. The amount of fuel you use from driving, heating your home, food,...

As organic as storebought tomatoes claim to be, they still will never compare with delicious, vine-ripened home grown tomatoes. Growing tomatoes in an urban, suburban, or rural garden is fun and...

This method for growing incredible organic container tomatoes on your balcony or porch uses little known “beyond organic” methods for boosting tomato growth, but it can cost relatively little. The...

Ever wanted to play with hydroponics but didn't know where to start? If you have a sunny windowsill and the will to grow plants. A windowsill hydroponics system is easy to set up and maintain. You...

Ladybugs are essential to have around if you wish to keep Aphids and other plant pests off your precious roses or out of your garden. By building this simple ladybug house you can attract ladybugs...

Aquaponics is basically growing fish and plants in the same closed loop system without any chemicals. In an aquaponic system there are no expensive nutrients to add or monitor, no toxic waste...

We are going to attract an insect to our container that is naturally occurring in most parts of the world and all of North America. Is NOT a pest species. Drives away pest flies such as blue...

Growing potatoes in a planter on your porch, patio or yard is easy. Every potato you grow is one less you have to buy. It is surprisingly easy to grow 5 lbs or more in one container!!! With this...

This hydroponics style system uses no chemical fertilizers, creates no toxic waste to dispose of and is simple to build and operate. You will be using the system of "Aquaponics" to grow...

Recycling is one of the most important things you could do for the environment. Recycling items can help fight global warming as well as climate change. It doesn't take much effort and can help...

What comes to mind when you envision a Farmers’ Market -- home-made stands with rows of fresh produce, pickups full of melons, jars of honey from the local beekeeper? Farmers’ Markets have been...

If you live in a small space like an apartment but still want to compost, bag composting is a fairly easy method that you can use.

Have you ever thought about growing your own pineapples? With a little time and patience, it can be done. You'll only get one pineapple per plant, but still, it's fun watching the plant grow and...

Vegetarian isn’t just a food choice, it’s a lifestyle. For those of us who are vegan or vegetarian we try to avoid most or even all animal byproducts. Who can blame us? With the recent food...

There are lots of herbs that are great compliments to vegetable plants and that help get rid of the pests that like to invade our gardens. Here is a list of a few.

There are many things you can make out of your water bottle. Making use out of the bottle makes so much more sense than tossing it in the trash. Here are at least a dozen ways to reuse your...

The world is quickly changing, affecting our daily lives. It is time we make changes in society before situations worsen. It is time to be aware of our societal and environmental concerns, and...

Before you throw out -- or even recycle -- those plastic containers, see if you can put some of these ideas to work in your garden. They'll save waste and make your work easier.

What is a sustainable landscape? London2012.com defined their goal for the next Olympic Games as a major effort in sustainability: "Being ‘sustainable’ means providing for peoples’ current...

Compost is an excellent way to recycle various organic materials and enrich your garden soil. Here are some simple tips to help build your compost heap.

Each year gardeners release little armies of bad-bug-eating ladybugs. The best thing that can happen to a garden is those ladybugs being comfortable enough to fall in love and shack up with a...

What's not to admire about those who choose to be Vegan's, these people have made a decision to not eat any animals, their by-products or any other product that is made with any part of animals....

Do you live in Wisconsin or Michigan—anywhere that has mosquitoes? And do you hate the smell of DEET and Off! on your skin or have an allergic reaction to either? The answer to your prayers has...

Organic pest control often works as well as chemical pesticides without the health risks, or the risks to our environment. Also, it is important to realize that most home gardeners over-use...

This bug killer is a little stronger then the other one I wrote about, but it's not only a bug killer, it's also a natural fungus killer. Now this is one you want to make in a gallon jug.

Reusing is the step prior to recycling in the common phrase, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." Reusing allows items to be used up, rather than using resources to recycle them into another...

Lettuce getting eaten by something other than people? Flowers overrun by slugs? If you you have a snail problem- look no further. you can rid your garden of snails without harming pets or...

We have been taught from a small age that weeds are bad and we should eliminate them from our gardens and flowerbeds. I once had a huge pumpkin vine in the city. Although I had a few pumpkins...