• Gardening Tips and Resources on the Web

    Have you found websites or stories of interest about organic gardening? Send them to us for posting and sharing here!
    • Bugs that work for you!
      Six insects that help you by eating the bad ones...
    • All about composting
      Don't think you have to spend a fortune on creating fertile organic soil. Read these....
    • The Wildlife Pond!
      Creating a place for the creatures a garden needs---step by step.
    • In Wildlife Gardening, you work with the slugs...
      The Wildlife Gardening site of the BBC offers a balanced approach to the slimy little pests. Hey, they have their uses too!
    • Cover crops for 'green composting'
      Good site for 'green composting' (planting cover crops to replenish soil nutrients, keep down weeds, etc.)
    • Safety First!
      If you're wondering how to make sure the food you grow is safe from contamination, here is a great link.
    • 'Salad in a box!'
      Grow your salad in a box? After my experience fending off the groundhogs from my precious mixed greens, it seems like a brilliant idea...
    • 'Companion planting'
      Companion planting can seem complicated, but it is worth knowing about, for the four reasons you will see in this informative article.
    • Interplanting for Pest Control
      How to fool insects by planting different kinds of plants side by side.
    • Tools for Small Hands
      Here's a link to a site where you can buy a wide variety of child-sized gardening tools, books, clothing, gloves and many other items of interest to organic gardening families.
    • No yard? You can still do 'Container gardening"!
      Even a small patio or porch can boast a crop of vegetables and herbs in containers. Planter boxes, wooden barrels, hanging baskets and large flowerpots are just some of the containers that can be used. Container gardens are limited only by imagination.
    • Gardens Designed with Kids in Mind
      The ideas in this article may awaken your creativity. Don't be put off by the website's name. Some of the ideas need a fair bit of space.
    • Soil testing: You CAN do it yourself!!
      What comes to your mind about "soil testing"? Mailing dirt and paying an arm and a leg to get results? Home kits with vials so tiny you need a child's fingers and a surgeon's dexterity? Here are easier ways to look for goodness in your soil.
    • Deploying an army of 'soldier bugs'!
      An amazing but true account of how to 'farm' soldier bugs, and release them when you really need them to work for you by preying on bad bugs.
    • Making a simple trellis
      How to make a simple trellis for light plants to grow upward. Perfect for sugar snap peas, beans, and other vines.
    • Starting Seeds Indoors
      Plants may be started from seed, grown from cuttings, or purchased as mature plants. Here's how!