Plan It: Your 2015 Garden Strategy
January 8, 2015Craft your month-by-month garden game plan now, so this year, you’ll be on track to grow your “perfect” garden.
Protect Your Roses This Winter
November 20, 2014Round out your late-fall garden chores by giving your rose bushes a little TLC.
5 Cheap Coop-Maintenance Materials
October 31, 2014Keeping chickens doesn’t have to be costly. From building the coop to keeping it clean, these inexpensive materials will help make your hens feel like queens.
7 Organic Fertilizers for a Fruitful Orchard
June 20, 2014Give your orchard fruits the nutritional boost they need without the chemicals using these natural fertilizers.
Don’t Take Turns: A Guide to No-Till Gardening
July 23, 2013Encourage natural soil fertility and restore the soil food web by eschewing the traditional garden practice of tilling.
In the Line of Fungi Fire
June 20, 2013Artillery fungus is causing a lot of problems for us this year. It’s an organism that breaks down wood and is commonly found across the United States, including in landscape mulch.
Mulch Options for Your Vegetable Garden
October 15, 2012The mulch options that can be used in your garden rows seem limitless, so use this guide to help narrow down your choice and cover your garden well.
Chick Detour
April 5, 2012I stopped by the farm-supply store to get mulch and almost got suckered. To get to the mulch, of course, you have to walk right by the baby chicks peeping and pecking and practically begging to be taken home.
Battle of the Fallen Leaf
October 26, 2010Leaf gathering is nearly over for us in the Northland. Recognizing the value of leaf mulch, we stockpile ours for late-fall shredding.
