I was surprised, after my post last week on removing weeds from sidewalk cracks, to find an email in my inbox from a representative at Scotts, who, of course, are ... Read More

In a month-long study performed by the Royal Horticultural Society, researchers discovered that talking to your plants really can help them grow faster. They also found that plants grow faster ... Read More

I mentioned on Twitter last night that I needed to get out to my garden and start thinning my carrot seedlings. A couple of gardeners responded, both remarking that they ... Read More

My husband and I have managed to amass a fairly large collection of gardening tools. We have enough hoes, shovels, rakes, watering cans, trowels, and pruners to ensure that we ... Read More

I was pruning my 'Autumn Jazz' viburnum over the weekend, and noticed several ants crawling along my arm after a few snips. After a quick glance at my shrub, I ... Read More

I was watching my neighbor dousing the weeds in his front walk with one of those jumbo jugs of weed killers. You know the ones I mean, where it's not ... Read More

I don't know about you, but it seems like every time I attempt to be a good gardener and actually label my plants, something happens to the label that leaves ... Read More

If you live in a drought-prone part of the country (or are just one of the many gardeners out there who try to conserve water in your garden) you will ... Read More

I am seeing a crop of maple seedlings unlike any other erupting in my new vegetable garden. After two days of warm, rainy weather, it looks like I sowed maple ... Read More

This is the first pepper to grace my garden this year. Isn't it cute? I grow the same variety, 'California Wonder,' almost every year. It's a pretty reliable producer for ... Read More

A big part of growing a successful edible garden is getting the timing right. Planting the right things at the right time helps you make optimum use of your space. ... Read More

One of the most popular ways people get to the About Organic Gardening site is by searching for information about how to build raised bed gardens. Apparently, it's a ... Read More

I was reading through some of my recent Google Alerts about organic gardening, and came across an article titled "Rediscovering Organic Gardening's Ancient Roots." The article was focused on an ... Read More

If you're growing plants that mature over the length of a season, such as broccoli, brussels sprouts, tomatoes, corn, or eggplants, you've likely got plenty of open space in your ... Read More

Let's switch gears here for a bit. It's hard for me sometimes to remember that there are some people out there who are not at all obsessed with vegetable gardens. ... Read More

One of my readers from Wisconsin asks: "I've been vermicomposting since last fall, and I'm wondering if I can move the bin outside now that it's warm out. I am getting ... Read More

Tomato blossoms symbolize all of the promise of the vegetable gardening season ahead. Several of my heirloom tomatoes are blooming now, and I can't wait to see those first tomatoes ... Read More

True confession from my organic garden: I don't really pay attention to the ratio of greens vs. browns in my compost pile. So why write about ratios? Because it's good to ... Read More

Whenever you read about composting, you hear about making sure you have the right mix of "brown" and "green" materials for optimum decomposition. To an extent, it's true that you ... Read More