With your pond feature ready to be filled with plants, fish, and other accessories it is time to think about filling your water garden.
An important factor to consider is the type and source of water used in filling the pond. If it’s tap water from a town or city source you need to wait seven [...]

Since our seasons in this part of North America are so short, I’ve often entertained building a green house, after the house fire though my building projects are already too many to count so this year I opted for a little fall gardening to keep the produce moving into the kitchen, well after the normal [...]

Earlier this month I was talking about mulch for the garden as winter approaches. I’m sure that if you are reading this, you have used some form of mulch during your gardening career. However, you probably didn’t know that there are many other options for organic mulching that you can explore.
That conversation struck up [...]

Here in the north, we’ve already seen snow in the garden. Winter is on it’s way which means it is time to protect our valuable plants for next years garden.
Although many gardeners believe that when the weather starts getting colder and the leaves start to fall, it is time to put away the gardening [...]

If your summer days allow and you have a little room left on your land, consider adding some texture to your gardens by adding a raised bed. Raised beds make an excellent garden for plants that require good water drainage. Find out the drainage required for every plant you buy, and make sure that it [...]

This is a continuation of a longer post I wrote earlier today. After spending a few hours on this hot summer day in my country garden, I realized there are a few basic tools I skipped right by in my article on garden tools.
Gardening Gloves
First and foremost, as it is the first thing I [...]

If the act of playing in the mud doesn’t suit your style anymore, it is time to get digging, planting and weeding with some of the nice, new, ergonomic gardening tools. The first day I took a road trip with my gardening friend Shelley, I fell in love. Instantly I could see how the plants [...]

School’s out for another year and the kids are tugging at your sleeves. “Mom, what’s there to do?”
Without camp, without after school sports, and with no interest in digging along side you in the garden, children are wondering what to do and, for at least part of the day, need some structured activity. Sadly, most [...]

As discussed on a previous page, there are a multitude of reasons to garden organically. Vegetables are extra beneficial, the most important of which is for your and your family’s health.
Once you’ve decided to grow an organic vegetable garden you ensure your vegetables are in their purest form, without causing any cancer-producing free radicals in [...]