Organic Gardening
MAKING YOUR OWN SEED STARTING POTS
- Saturday, January 08, 2022
There's no need to purchase biodegradable seed starting pots. Here are two videos with great ideas on how to make your own pots.
Make your own pots from newspaper: https://youtu.be/7dlGQP81yfo
ALTERNATIVE PLANTS TO NANDINA DOMESTICA
- Saturday, January 08, 2022
As organic gardeners our interests can also include replacing non-native invasive species in our gardens. Little by little we can contribute to preserving our natural areas by using alternative plants in our gardens. One of the most commonly used non-native invasive plants is the NANDINA domestica. There are variety of shrubs or trees that you can choose from to replace the non-native Nandina domestica in you garden. Check out this article to learn more:
https://www.gardenia.net/guide/native-plant-alternatives-to-nandina-domestica
PARSLEY GROWING AND HARVESTING TIPS
- Sunday, September 05, 2021
Fall is a good time to start your seeds or plant your starts for parsley. Here is some info about growing parsley and tips for harvesting and storing your parsley for future use.
https://awaytogarden.com/growing-and-storing-a-year-of-parsley/
https://www.almanac.com/plant/parsley
SEED SAVING
- Wednesday, September 01, 2021
Here a some articles and a video about seed saving. Have fun!
https://www.kellogggarden.com/blog/gardening/seed-saving-from-the-garden/
GARDENING WITH KIDS
- Monday, June 07, 2021
Here's a great site for getting your children interested in gardening - https://kidsgardening.org/
