Organic Gardening Resources

It might be blazing hot outside now, but smart gardeners know—it’s the perfect time to start thinking about cool-season crops. I think of June as being like January.  In January I plan my spring and summer garden and then six months later, I consider my fall and winter garden. Most… Read more

Your fresh, fragrant, and flavorful harvest starts here! Dreaming of a lush little herb garden right outside your kitchen door—or even on your balcony or back porch? Whether you’re tight on space or just want to keep your favorite herbs close at hand, container gardening is a simple, rewarding way… Read more

If you’re a gardener, you know that nothing says spring or autumn like the delight of seeing your pea sprouts push up through the soil. But one surprise frosty night can undo all your hard work. This happened at my garden recently. The weather went from spring, to a couple… Read more

We all have our favorite colors, and likely our favorite colors of containers. A question from a client promoted this guide on better and worse colors for your container – from your plant’s point of view. Why from the plant’s viewpoint you ask? Because you want the most vibrant plants,… Read more

You really can eat from your garden all year. Granted, it does depend on what planting zone you are in. Depending on your hardiness zone, the following list might need to shift a bit. If you are in the US, you can search on your zip code to find your… Read more

Hey folks, I’ve chatted with some gardeners who primarily grow natives and some who primarily grow veggies.  Turns out, there are folks who feel they have to grow one or the other.  Since diversity is one of the two top ways to help insure a healthy thriving garden (living soil… Read more

Okay folks, lets look at gardening with natives and veggies from the veggie gardener viewpoint.  If you grow primarily vegetables and “savory fruits” such as tomatoes and squash in your garden, adding natives amps up your overall diversity as we saw in Part 1. In addition there are several natives… Read more

My native gardening friends tend to prefer the “low maintenance” of native perennials for their garden. They love to feed the wildlife and so do I, to a point. My neighbor three doors down has a managed native meadow for a front yard and it is always fun to walk… Read more

There are several reasons why straw stands out as the best mulch option for annual vegetables. In this post we’ll cover those reasons, how to use it and how to deal with a couple concerns you might have. Why mulch is essential for vegetable gardens Keeping soil covered is super… Read more

This is the third and final post in this series on growing great cherry trees. If you missed the first and second parts, I have included links to them at the end of this post. One of the things that can inhibit people from trying to grow cherry trees is… Read more

In the first part of Top Tips for Growing Cherry Trees, I talked varieties, pollination, fruit tree sizes, and the pros and cons of potted vs bare root trees. In part 2, we’ll look at site location for your trees, planting your trees.   Planting Your Cherry Trees Site Location… Read more

Have you noticed that time seems to speed up when spring comes?  That rush of weeding, building new beds, tending and transplanting seedings.  So much to do, yet this is the fun stuff for us gardeners. One way to maximize your garden space is to evolve succession planting. Have you… Read more