By: Liz Anderson | 2010-04-01 | Gardening Wouldn't it be nice to be able to grow your own vegetables & fruit without having to worry about pests? If you have ever taken a morning stroll through your vegetable patch, only to find it decimated by slugs, snails, caterpillars or the like, you will undoubtedly agree. For some, the answer lies in pesticides and chemicals but for greener gardeners, this is not an option. So what is the answer for those trying to be more environmentally friendly? One method worth trying is companion planting. read more
By: Kathryn Bax | 2010-04-02 | Gardening Did you know that you can grow marigolds near your tomatoes to protect them from nematodes, and that having dandelions around are a good thing. Are you planting beans and garlic together, or beans and beets and you are wondering why your beans aren't doing well? Read more on the subject of companion planting and how you can use plants to bring out the best in your garden. read more
By: John Yazo | 2010-03-30 | Gardening Companion planting is an interested method of gardening that is commonly a part of intensive organic gardening. Like the likes and dislikes of plants and how they can benefit each other. read more
By: Francis King | 2010-04-01 | Gardening A self-sustaining vegetable garden is one with healthy and good soil for growing high-quality seeds into nutritious vegetables. In my many years as a vegetable gardener, I have developed a system that continuously produces vegetables from my garden irrespective of the seasons. My system focuses on two elements - the soil and the seeds. read more
By: Kevin Spaeth | 2010-03-30 | Gardening Not many people try planting vegetable gardens these days, particularly not in the city. The reality is, you are able to actually grow them even if you're smack in the midst of a busy metropolis... read more
By: Johnny Cartwright | 2010-03-29 | Gardening By properly maintaining your garden, you will accomplish three things: Weeds are kept at bay, so that they don't shade or absorb plant food and moisture away from the vegetable plants. Surface soil is kept in an excellent condition for resisting drought, preventing evaporation of moisture from the soil into the air. Insoluble plant food is converted into soluble (or absorbable) plant food through the action of fermentation, which is increased by loosening the soil to let in air. read more
By: Gareth Hoyle | 2010-10-09 | Shopping Grow your own the easy way! Plants byPost offer a wide range of vegetable plants and a selection of garden plants and supplies that have proven to be a success year after year. read more
By: Michael C Podlesny | 2010-04-02 | Gardening Your early spring vegetables are coming to a completion and are about ready to be picked leaving you with an empty space; in steps succession cropping. Find out what succession cropping is and how to take advantage of that space. read more
By: Colin D Price | 2010-04-02 | Gardening Companion planting is all about growing plants together which are of mutual benefit to one another. You can rid your garden of pests and have more flavorsome vegetables. read more
By: Francis King | 2010-04-02 | Gardening This articles explains different ways to keep pests away other than chemical pesticides. You can use companion planting, flowers, and herbs to keep it a healthy organic garden. read more
By: Johnny Cartwright | 2010-03-29 | Gardening Once the garden has been planted, one of the things you need to concern yourself with is protecting those plants while they grow, until they mature. Insects, disease and the elements can all put your plants at risk. read more
By: Piper Cox | 2011-04-17 | Gardening Are you ready to start your first garden? Follow these simple tips to get your garden off to a great start! read more
By: Dylan Smith | 2012-04-22 | Gardening Of late gardening does seem to have caught everyone’s imagination. It goes without reiterating the fact that gardening has been around for ages. Many biographies and interviews, I have read of eminent people, have them describing in detail their fathers and grandfathers growing their own vegetables. And I’m pretty sure people were quite busy then as well! read more
By: Crisologo Ramasasa | 2010-10-10 | Gardening To provide your home with a continuous supply of organic and fresh vegetables all year round, you need to plan out what particular plants you should include in your lists. A sort of advice, before going into your home gardening activities – consider the condition of your soil, vegetables that are soil depleters and plants that helps to amend your soil. And importantly, plants that repels/ward-off insect pests and attracts beneficial insects. read more