If you grow rhubarb for the tasty stalks, don't toss the potentially poisonous, inedible leaves on the compost heap. Use them as organic slug traps instead! Rhubarb leaves are quite large, sometimes as much as a foot across, and all it takes to attract slugs is to lay the … [Read more...]
Grow Radishes for Fast Growing, Small Space Vegetables
If you're new to organic gardening, try planting radishes. Not only do they seem to respond well to organic treatment, they're among the fastest-growing of garden vegetables. Radishes are Fast Growing Some radish varieties will go from seed to mature plant in as little as three … [Read more...]
Keep Tomato Hornworms Away with a Sacrificial Dill Plant
One of the prime tenets of effective organic gardening is companion planting. When carefully planned, this process can protect certain species from specific pests. One way to do this is to offer a trap crop that the pest loves more than your main crop, something you can … [Read more...]
The Edible Flower Guide: Cooking With Flowers from the Garden
Edible flowers can add visual interest, fragrance and flavor to your salads, cold drinks and meals. This guide describes easy and appealing flowers to grow and use. Make sure you have identified flowers correctly. Latin names are included since common names vary in different … [Read more...]
How To Grow Chinese Lantern Flower (Physalis alkekengi)
If you haven't heard of Chinese lantern flower, you're not alone. Also known as Bladder, Winter, or Ground cherry, this incognito herbaceous plant's name can be confusing. But it's as lovely as it is mysterious. Its papery orange blooms look like little lanterns set against vivid … [Read more...]
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