Garden

Stars in Your Eyes

tmeronek — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Are you a stargazer? Point your telescope at the big Perseids meteor shower (its peak is August 12) - just cut your outdoor light pollution so you can see it clearly.

Top 10 Easy Produce to Grow

jharper — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Caught with Your Plants Down

Ground Control - Save Water Week

tmeronek — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Houston, do we have a water-waste problem? Not if you shuttle over to your local hardware store and pick up a moisture or rain sensor for your outdoor sprinklers. All (sprinkler) systems go.

Sowing Project

jmorgan — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

So while I've been whining about the cold, rainy weather, my 9-year-old nephew Silvan - between school, soccer, kung-fu, guitar lessons, and skiing (there was snow enough last weekend) - was prepping his own summer garden...indoors (see photo).

Keep Up with the Joneses

tmeronek — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Can't compete with your neighbor's latest big buy? If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Pooling your resources with your neighbors for purchases like camping equipment and lawn mowers helps save those other, natural kind of resources. (Where's the glory in owning your own snowblower, anyway?)

A Game of Scrap-ble

tmeronek — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

How do you spell healthy plants with just seven letters? C-O-M-P-O-S-T. Feed your flora compost made from your very own kitchen scraps - no yard (or smell) necessary. Word.

"The End of Organic Farming" and HR 875

tmeronek — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

If you’re like this hottie or this Chevy fan, in the past few weeks you’ve received an email describing House bill 875, which supposedly would kill off organic farming in America and make your backyard garden illegal.

Good News: No Need to Fear Male Carpenter Bees!

mkrolak — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

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What should you do with your doggone food scraps?

tmeronek — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:00:00 -0700

You could call a team of bumbling private investigators with a talking pup, or you could just read this tip: If you can't compost it, put your food waste in the trash instead of using the garbage disposal to save water and energy. Zoinks!

A Maze of Glory

ddiprima — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:01:01 -0800