Ever Seen a Walking Onion? How Unusual Plants Promote Greener Gardening (Video) : TreeHugger
Ever Seen a Walking Onion? How Unusual Plants Promote Greener Gardening (Video) : TreeHugger: ” Sami Grover Living / Green Food December 2, 2011 From growing nameko mushrooms on logs to exploring beautiful edible landscaping plants, creating a more sustainable food system is not just about growing our own food. It’s about diversifying the types [...]
Robber Fly – A Bees Worst Nightmare
The first time I saw a Robber Fly (Promcahus), I didn’t know what the heck it was. It looks like a cross between a giant wasp and a dragonfly. I also didn’t know what they ate until one day I saw one flying with a bumblebee between his legs. He looked like one of those [...]
Season Extenders
Greenhouses And Other Stuff
Greenhouses, hoop houses, and cold frames are a few of the many ways that you can extend a growing season. These structures give you the opportunity to start growing earlier than you would have starting your plants outside. They create a warmer, sheltered environment that tricks the plant into believing that it is time to [...]
Non Toxic Alternatives
Gardening Without Poisons
Part of being a gardener is managing diseases and the bug populations that show up before and after your plants are starting to produce your food. Now it becomes a competition between them, and you, as to who gets it first. Organic methods call for picking the bugs off when you can, but this is [...]
