Taking Houseplants Outdoors

 |  23rd Mar 2011  |  Filed under Houseplants

After a few long months of bitter cold and harsh weather, your houseplants are ready to head back outside, and thrive in their natural environment. There are a few tasks that should be taken into account, before employing your houseplants outside full-time.

Wait until the last frost to take your plants outside. Prematurely putting your houseplants outdoors, will subject them to brutal&hellip

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5 Reasons to make 2011 the ‘year YOU go organic!’

 |  5th Mar 2011  |  Filed under Using Organics

As discussed in my previous posts, it took a major revelation (reading a powerful article) to force my hand in making the switch to organic. I long didn’t feel it was ‘worth the investment’ and thought the ‘implied’ higher price was too much of a deterrent to make the change. Officially 1 year removed from that event and living organically (in regards to my meat, produce, and dairy products), I&hellip

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Composting 101

 |  1st Mar 2011  |  Filed under Composting

We all know (or at least have heard) that composting is good. But do we all know why? There are several benefits to creating compost and using it in your organic gardening practices. I recently read some wonderful information and realized that many of us may not know just why we should be crazy about composting. Read on to learn about how great compost truly is for you and your garden, and why&hellip

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