Organic Garden Maintenance

Once your Christmas tree is done jollying up your holiday decorating, you can put it to use by recycling it in your garden. Here are a few ideas for reusing Christmas trees in your garden.

Gardening in a raised bed offers plenty of advantages for the gardener, but there are a few important tips and tricks to keep in mind to grow a successful raised bed garden.

Here is a very high quality recipe for a soil-less mix that is perfect for starting and growing your seeds in. This recipe works in pots, flats, cell packs, and soil blocks.

You don't have to shell out money for those ready-made plastic flats and greenhouse domes at the garden center for indoor seed starting. Learn how some of your fellow About.com Organic Gardening readers reuse items destined for the trash to grow plants from seed.

You can use cardboard toilet paper rolls as inexpensive, biodegradable seed starting pots. Here's how to do it!

If you want to be able to harvest your own fresh vegetables, even in the middle of winter, you'll need to build a simple cold frame or mini hoop house tunnel. This article explains how to garden in a mini hoop house.

There are plenty of alternatives to raking and bagging your leaves every fall. From making compost and leaf mold to using your leaves as mulch, this article lays out five easy ways to use autumn leaves in your garden.

Mulch not only makes the garden look neat and tidy, but it suppresses weeds, maintains soil moisture, and adds nutrients to the soil as well. Different types of mulches have their pros and cons, and some will work better in one situation than another. Here's everything you need to know about organic mulches.

Poor growth and production isn't always the fault of pests and diseases. Often, nutrient deficiencies in your soil can be causing your plants to struggle. This article from About.com Gardening Guide Marie Iannotti describes several plant symptoms, as well as ways to correct the problem.

Pinching and deadheading are two tasks that go a long way toward making your garden more attractive and productive. This article explains how to accomplish these important maintenance tasks.

Edging your garden beds makes the garden look neater while making maintenance easier for you. This video provides the basics of garden edging.

Heat stress in plants is a problem in many parts of the country. Here are the ideas for ways to prevent heat stress in your garden plants.

Here are some tasks to do this fall to get your garden ready for winter -- as well as ideas to help spring planting go more smoothly.

Here is a simple tip for keeping your plants from drying out in hot weather.

Here are a few ideas for growing your organic garden cheaply and successfully. Ideas for saving money on supplies, re-using everyday items for your garden, and finding useful items for your garden for free. These cheap organic gardening tips will help your budget while helping you grow a great organic garden.

Here is a quick and easy way to protect your tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants from fall frost and keep your season going just a bit longer.