As we welcome warmer weather, now’s the perfect time to start planning your garden. If you’ve...
Category - Earth-Friendly
The Best Ways to Keep Your Garden Healthy
Gardening is already one of the nation’s great pastimes, but recent events have seen the...
Importance of Dealing with Yard Waste In An Environmentally Friendly Way
When you are living in your home, it can be hard to take a good look around and see the things that...
Solitary Bees – A Gardener’s Dream Team
There are over 20,000 species of bees and 90 percent of them are solitary bees.
Join the Butterfly Trail
The Rosalyn Carter Butterfly Trail works to help the monarch butterfly by increasing the habitat...
Choosing the Right Plants for Wildlife Gardening
What’s the best part of being a wildlife gardener besides the wondrous wildlife we attract...
Worm Composting
They’re known as red wigglers, tiger worms or, more scientifically, Eisenia fetida. They prefer...
Moths: Creatures of the Night Garden
In the evening, the daytime bustle of the human world quiets down and many animals stir and begin...
Why I Raise Monarch Butterflies
The flight of the monarch butterfly has given merriment to millions of observers. Their striking...
Letting Go of My Garden
I admit, there are moments when I think my garden might be better off if I stepped back.
How to Use a Microclimate in Your Garden
Gardening is like real estate – Location, Location, Location. It’s also like a business – if...
Understanding Freshwater: A Finite Resource
Gardeners obsess about water. In the summer, we look up at the skies, pleading for much-needed rain...
Choose Plants Wisely When Gardening
During the recent catalog crush a packet of seeds, intended to catch my eye, arrived in the mail.
Earth Friendly Sustainable Plants
Smart plant selection is an important way to create a sustainable landscape.
Six Tips To Celebrate Earth Day Right At Home
Your Backyard Isn’t Cancelled: Here are six tips to celebrate Earth Day without ever leaving home.