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Green Gardening

by eHow Editors

Create a green garden

It's good for the earth and it's good for you. Take some time to make a healthy change in your garden and be eco-friendly about it. Here's all you need to know about going green in your garden.

Organic Gardening

  • How to Make Compost

    No garden is complete without a compost pile! Compost is a soil conditioner, mulch and fertilizer all wrapped into one. It feeds the soil microorganisms that help plants Read More

  • How to Solarize Soil

    Does your vegetable garden have a stubborn weed problem or suffer from soil-borne diseases like late blight, verticilium wilt, potato scab or root rots? Don’t turn to the Read More

  • How to Compost Directly in the Vegetable Garden

    Composting is the key to a successful vegetable garden, but sometimes it can seem like such a pain to pull out all of your vegetable plants at the end of the season and Read More

  • How to Build a Worm Farm to Make Compost

    Growing a garden can be a rich and rewarding hobby, as well as being a great way to exercise and feed a family for less. Get the most out of your garden by fertilizing it Read More

  • How to Find Organic Garden Seeds

    Deciding to use organic seeds to plant your vegetable garden is a noble decision. An organic gardener can feel like a complete organic gardener when they cultivate from Read More

  • How to Use Organic Fertilizers

    Get to know fish emulsion and alfalfa pellets, composted manure and rock phosphate, greensand and Epsom salts. Make bone meal and blood meal your allies, and fertilize all Read More

  • How to Control Slugs and Snails Organically

    Slugs and snails are the bane of many a gardener's existence. They turn hosta leaves into Swiss cheese, mow down rows of lettuce and chomp huge holes in basil leaves. Many Read More

  • How to Use a Flame Weeder

    Weeds have the habit of popping up in the most obnoxious places, including the cracks of sidewalks, gravel pathways, and the spaces between bricks on patios. Instead of Read More

  • How to Go Organic in the Garden

    Take a proactive stand for the environment by starting in your own backyard. Go organic to make your garden a healthier place for every living thing. Read More

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