How To Keep Your Home Critter-Free Without Poisons
Keep your home critter-free without poisons with these top tips on green pest management… Pest – the name says it all; annoying, persistent, and often destructive. At the worst of times household pests...
View ArticleBuild Your Own Solar Food Dehydrator
Nearly two decades of expert testing and experimentation have gone into producing these solar food dehydrator plans. The resulting food dryer isn’t just efficient and off-grid — it’s also highly...
View Article7 Things Every Urban Beekeeper Needs
It doesn’t take much to become a beekeeper — you need a bit of know-how with a dash of bravery and a whole lot of dedication. But besides the passion that goes into keeping bees, here are a few items...
View Article10 Practical Uses for Eggshells
1. Supplemental calcium source for your chickens – Instead of buying commercial oyster shell, crush up all your eggshells and feed them free-choice to your chickens as an economical way to provide...
View Article[VIDEO] How To Build a Compost Bin from Wooden Pallets
Customize a backyard compost bin from reclaimed materials in just a few hours! If you’re serious about reusing unwanted materials and you’re eager to start composting, this is the project for you. By...
View ArticleYou Can Help Manelisi’s Urban Farm GROW!
Manelisi needs help realising his dream of cultivating an urban farm and helping youth get off the streets in Gugulethu, South Africa. You can make this happen – and show your support – at...
View ArticleSeasonal Growing Guide
An awesome Seasonal Growing Guide by our friends, The Little Food Garden. Print it out and put it up at home – it’s great for your garden! This nifty guide forms part of their handout for their...
View Article[VIDEO] How To Grow A Tiny Forest Anywhere
A forest planted by humans, then left to nature’s own devices, typically takes at least 100 years to mature. But what if we could make the process happen ten times faster? In this short talk,...
View ArticleHow To Identify Plant Nutrient Deficiencies
Not all plant problems are caused by insects or diseases. Sometimes an unhealthy plant is suffering from a nutrient deficiency or even too much of any one nutrient. Plant nutrient deficiencies often...
View ArticleGardening for the Birds
A garden that birds visit has a life of its own. It doesn’t matter how beautiful your borders are or how finely shaped your topiary is, a garden with no wild, feathered visitors is a duller place than...
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How to Increase your Garden’s Bee Population
What’s happening to the bees? Honey bees (and all other bees too, for that matter) are struggling. Recent winters have seen catastrophic cases of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), where entire hives die...
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How To Create a Bee-Friendly Garden
Have you noticed a decline of pollinators in your garden of late? Honeybee numbers are declining due to several factors, and it’s finally starting to make headlines. The loss of bee colonies has...
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DIY Vertical Herb Garden with a Shoe Organiser
Don’t have enough space in your place to grow some herbs? Turn a shoe organizer into a vertical garden and as long as you have even a balcony railing with sun exposure, you’ll have more than enough...
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A Simple Soil Science Test
You can help your soil support your plants, flowers, trees, shrubs, and lawns by learning what it is made of. Testing your soil involves a simple do-at-home science experience that you can complete in...
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6 Compost Problems and How to Fix Them
As every gardener knows, composting is an essential process that promotes sustainability and plant health for gardens of all sizes. Seasonally purchasing compost to use as a soil amendment can be...
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How to Grow an Avocado Plant
Next time you make guacamole, think twice before you toss that avocado pip. It’s a seed after all, which you can use to grow an entirely new avocado plant. It will help reduce your food waste, and when...
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How To: Become a Backyard Beekeeper
You add a dollop of honey to your tea, spread it on toast, and drizzle it on ice cream. What if you could have an unlimited supply of this golden elixir? Instead of buying honey at the store, consider...
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How to: Install a Drip Irrigation System for Small Gardens
A lot of time and hard work goes into planning, planting, and caring for a home garden. Once little seedlings sprout up through the earth, the impending summer heat could be the demise of all of your...
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