Growing Grapes in Northern Climates

Growing grapes in northern climates can be difficult, but not impossible. Grapes can be grown a variety of ways, including container gardening. If you've avoided growing grapes because they didn't succeed...

Organic Pest Control with Companion Planting

One of the keys to organic gardening is to imitate nature. There are no garden rows in nature - everything appears to be in disorder. Yet each plant, fungus, insect, animal fit into the natural balance....

Carol's Magic Eight Ball

Most of the people I know have logical brains. They think from point A to point B to point C. My brain on the other hand is like the Magic Eight Ball. When you shake it up and turn it upside down,...

The Japanese Beetle

The Japanese Beetle is a small bug that looks fairly innocuous. However, it has come to be considered quite a pest in the United States due to the fact that it destroys plants on farms and in gardens. As a...

Japanese Beetles

Do know about Japanese Beetle? Yes, I have some basic information about Japanese beetle. You can also read here about Japanese beetle. Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) adults are about 13 mm in length and...

Using a Natural Pesticide vs a Chemical Pesticide

Summertime is a time for fun, sun and enjoying the outdoors. Many of us grow gardens of many varieties, flower, vegetable, ornamental. But we all have the same problem. They all are attacked by bugs of one...

Some wonderful plants to add to your garden

Annual of the week is geranium – (Pelargonium spp.). Annual geraniums are popular for their wide range of brilliant flower color and attractive leaves. They can be grown as bedding plants or in containers....

Companion Planting for Organic Gardening

  One way to have a more successful vegetable garden with less work and chemicals is companion gardening. Companion gardening is a method of grouping plants together that help each other. Native...

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Pest Management Tips for the Month of August

Watch for tuliptree scale insects during August. Look for them on tulip poplars as well as magnolia and linden trees. If you see honeydew drip or sooty mold on leaves, suspect this scale. A heavy infestation...