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Beneficial Organisms
3 Beneficial Insects and How to Attract Them to Your Yard
3 Beneficial Insects and How to Attract Them to Your Yard Wouldn't it be great if chemical pesticides only killed the bad bugs in your garden? If that's the case, most experts won't hes…
Composting & Vermiculture
How To Raise Composting Worms In Basement
How To Raise Composting Worms In Basement This is the fifth time I've tried raising compost worms. However, this is the first successful worm farm. The past four times I tried to vermicompost m…
Container
How to Get Your Cactus to Flower
How to Get Your Cactus to Flower I'm going to share five tips on how to make an aloe vera flower. Now, I'm talking about the desert cactus species. As for random rainforest cacti, that'…
Design
Designing Your Garden With Metal Feng Shui
Designing Your Garden With Metal Feng Shui Your garden space is for you to think about life, the weather and the universe. Your garden is your way of saying thank you to nature. I encourage you to …
Flower
Common Butterfly Bush Problems and Effective Solutions
Common Butterfly Bush Problems and Effective Solutions If you want to attract butterflies to your garden (along with other pollinators), look no further than butterfly bush with its colorful, tall …
Food
When to Plant Your Potatoes to Beat the Frost
When to Plant Your Potatoes to Beat the Frost Potatoes are important in a self-sufficient garden, but we struggled to get a good crop for many years in our short season. In our Zone 2b garden, the …
Food
How Do Zucchini Grow? And Practice of Zucchini Pruning
How Do Zucchini Grow? And Practice of Zucchini Pruning If you're growing bush zucchini, the idea of harvesting them may seem a little silly. But if your garden grows beyond sprawling zucchini v…
Beneficial Organisms
3 Beneficial Insects and How to Attract Them to Your Yard
3 Beneficial Insects and How to Attract Them to Your Yard Wouldn't it be great i…