Green & Organic

How to make hashish the blender way. It might look like much but its easy and good in the end!

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

Plants love a good liquid fertilizer. There are many commercial products such as Miracle-Gro that can be purchased, but they are expensive. Those products are all chemicals. I prefer to use an...

Anyone that knows me knows that I love my plants. I happen to be what my daughter calls a plant-nerd, that I am addicted and no matter what I just can not get enough of them. Well she is right, I...

Organic tomatoes are very tasty and I will help you to grow a beautiful tomato garden in your back yard!

There are no better ways to “go green” than to landscape in an ecologically friendly way. Here are 10 of the best ways to make a landscape green -- in both 'green' ways!

I use my vegetable garden as a place to unwind after a stressful day. Although I first started my vegetable garden, after I was behind a lady at the supermarket who was going to buy 2 tomatoes...

As summer drifts into fall and night time temperatures begin to dip near freezing, you begin to worry about your garden and tender plants that are still outside. There are a few things you can do...

Some home gardens are more eco-friendly than others. Part of this is due to water usage. One study estimates that about a third of outdoor water usage for the typical residential home in the...

Looking for a great craft that you can do with your kids? have little space but still want to grow tomatoes or peppers for your family? Even cucumbers can be grown this way. Here is an...

Now that going eco-friendly has become popular there are more ways to save energy and water in the landscape than ever before. And creative designers are coming up with ornamental ways to do it. ...

Since the population of this country has doubled in the past seventy years the demand on water supplies have increased enormously. For areas that have been touched by drought, water is becoming a...

California is in the grip of a serious water shortage. Once again the rainy season has come up short and the ground water level and snow packs are becoming perilously low. Other areas of the...

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...

Two ecologically friendly concepts are butting into head to head conflict in the garden these days. With the new trend of growing safe, tasty, nourishing and cost effective fruits and vegetables...

Plants should get a variety of water from many sources. Each type of water has its own benefit. Rotate the various types of water for maximum plant benefit.

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...

Now that you have made the self watering planter that is described in one of my ehow articles (see link below) and you are ready to add some plants or seedlings to it, there are a few things that...

With Global warming and climate change we have to be more responsible in our everyday lives. The future is changing and as a people we need to be more environmentally friendly in how we live our...

Interested in a more natural way to raise your hydroponic plants? Tired of mixing chemicals?? then trying to figure out how to dispose of them safely? Interested in aeroponics for growing your...

If you already have a tank of fish you have the most important part of your aquaponics system already! Aquaponics is the marriage of raising fish or fish culture with hydroponics. Aquaponics is...

What does it mean to Garden off the Grid? Simply defined, it means to garden in a way that is sustainable. Learning how to garden without using any outside resources is a rewarding education...

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...

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...

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.

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...