If you have a garden, most likely you use some kind of fertilizer. Plants are constantly extracting nutrients from the soil. Specific plants need different amounts of nutrients and minerals, as well as other 'amendments' to be applied to keep your soil in balance. A proper ...read more
Many people not only want to have a beautiful garden to enjoy, but create it for the wildlife in their area to enjoy as well. Huh? Invite squirrels and birds to eat my garden? Well, yes, actually. While millions of gardeners constantly do battle with animals and other critters to ...read more
Look at the label of any modern commercial pesticide or herbicide, and you'll see an ingredient list of active and inactive (also known as "inert" or simply "other") ingredients. For the purposes of pesticide labeling, "active" ingredients are those chemicals that directly attack ...read more
I still see it all the time – my neighbors practicing it, commercials illustrating it, even city workers doing it on public property – yup, everybody is still mowing their lawn and bagging their grass clippings. Often, they will then throw it out with the rest of the trash. I ...read more
The tomato is the most popular vegetable grown in the world. (Okay, technically they’re berries, but you don’t usually see chocolate-covered tomatoes in a grocery store.) They are very easy to grow, and come in many delicious varieties, from small cherry tomatoes to giant ...read more