Showing posts with label organic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label organic. Show all posts
Feb 5, 2025

Preparing Your Garden for Spring: Soil Testing and Amendment Strategies

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As gardeners, we wait all winter for the smell of fresh-cut grass and the taste of warm, vine-ripened tomatoes. But before those dreams beco...
Aug 31, 2013

How Milk Treats Plant Disease

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When it comes to organic lawn care and gardening you hear things that sound downright crazy. One of the more odd suggestions is to use a d...
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Sep 16, 2012

Organic Lawn Renovation - Soil Prep and Seeding

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Days 9, 10 and 11 of my organic lawn renovation project were pretty tough. A lot of raking, digging and incorporating compost. I ran into...
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Aug 14, 2012

Reader Question: Converting To Organic

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Linda asks: I think I need to add something to the lawn to help dethatch naturally.and maybe help the soil.  Would spreading a commercial ...
Jul 19, 2012

Growing Grass Indoors: Bugs/Neem

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A quick update on the two grasses I'm growing indoors in containers. One's doing well, ran into a problem with bugs in the other u...
Jul 13, 2012

How To Treat Lawn Disease Organically

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Is Using Cornmeal to Treat Lawn Disease a Myth? Not only does Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott consider the use of cornmeal as a fungicide...
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Jun 27, 2012

Growing Grass Indoors

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I always wanted a little planter of grass on my desk so I decided to try a little indoor grass growing experiment to see how well it turns...
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Jun 26, 2012

Organic RoundUP Alternatives

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Glyphosate based herbicides like Roundup  are commonly used to kill all grass and weeds when doing a full lawn renovation  or to kill unwa...
Oct 15, 2009

Organic Starter Fertilizer

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For a long time, there was no manufacturer selling an organic starter fertilizer product and to be honest, not many people cared. The onl...
Jul 4, 2009

What Is Organic Lawn Care?

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So I've been talking about organic lawn care quite a bit but never really discussed what organic lawn care means . There is no offici...
Jun 15, 2009

Get Organic Corn Meal Delivered Every Month

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Corn meal is used by organic gardeners to help fight and prevent lawn diseases caused by fungus. Applying at a rate of 10 lbs per 1,000 s...
Jun 10, 2009

Where To Buy Cornmeal in Bulk

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Regular old yellow cornmeal is used by many organic gardeners both as a fertilizer and to control and treat diseases in lawns and plants. Yo...
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Jun 3, 2009

Is Compost Enough For My Lawn?

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Some organic lawn care proponents and even some organic lawn service companies feel that all your lawn needs is compost and compost tea. Are...
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Jun 2, 2009

The Best Composter Is The Cheapest!

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Yup, that's right! Those fancy compost tumblers that can cost hundreds of dollars didn't perform as well as a simple and affordab...

Removing Ground Ivy From Lawns

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Ground Ivy, also known as creeping charlie can be a terrible nuisance in a lawn that is difficult to kill. There are two ways to kill gr...
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May 29, 2009

Does Liquid Aeration Work?

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Your lawn can benefit from core aeration , especially if you have compacted soil. Renting or hiring someone to aerate your lawn can be expe...
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May 28, 2009

Easy and Affordable Organic Lawn Fertilizing Program

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When it comes to organic lawn fertilizers there are many options and different people will find different products useful. I came up with t...
May 27, 2009

An Inconvenient Lawn

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In 1984 Dr. June Irwin, a dermatologist in Hudson, Quebec, Canada who also owns an 80 acre farm where she raises chickens, sheep and geese, ...
May 26, 2009

Encap Fast Acting Lime Review

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Lime is an important soil conditioner for your lawn. Some people treat lime like a silver bullet or a fertilizer and apply it every year....
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May 17, 2009

Finally! A Sub $100 Rain Barrel That Looks Decent

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There are some good looking rain barrels out there, but they can be pretty expensive. I can understand the decorative ones that look like...