Growing a bountiful garden doesn’t start when temperatures warm, flowers blossom, and birds start singing in the spring. No, ...

From Seed: If you want to start skeleton flowers from seeds, cold-stratification is necessary. The simplest method is to sow ...

Road salt badly damages New Jersey's water quality, ecoystems and soil quality. Brining is a much safer strategy.

Learn to design and build a sustainable rain garden in your backyard, with planning, soil checks, plant selection, and ...

Create a compact backyard herb garden with coriander, mint, basil and curry leaves for easy, fresh flavours close to your ...

If you want healthy food, experts say to eat what's local, organic and in-season. Those foods benefit the planet too, because they are less taxing on the soil and they don't travel as far.

“Repeated use of nitrogen-based fertilisers such as urea and ammonium sulphate can lower soil pH, making it acidic,” he ...

Leach the ash: Remove leftover potassium salts in the ash by filling a bucket with ash and rainwater (ideally rain water). Then, let the mixture sit for 30 minutes. The ash should drop to the bottom ...

Giant ragweed and waterhemp are currently public enemies No. 1 and 2 here. How can we get a jump on both these weeds this ...

Organic gardeners recommend using worm castings as a fantastic, non-toxic fertilizer that can boost soil health and help you ...

Before bringing home a plant, inspect it closely. Look at the soil, stem, leaves and, importantly, under the leaves, where ...

Your palm trees will be fine. All the commonly planted landscape palms are hardy down to 20 degrees or lower. You may see ...