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Articles

Mulching Tips For the Organic Gardener
Late fall is a good time to mulch - and protect your outdoor plants. Learn more.


Easy Ways to Compost
Don't throw it away! Compost it! It's better for the environment and for your gardens.

Say “I Do” to Green: Earth-Friendly Tips for Your Wedding Day
Move over "white." Green is becoming the color of weddings. Learn how to turn your wedding green.

A Community Garden - A Nice Place to Grow
A good way to share your gardening interests is to participate in a community garden. Here is how it works.

Back To School in Eco-Friendly Style
Check out the many earth-friendly options for this year's back-to-school shopping.

Make Your 12 Days of Christmas More Green
12 Earth-Friendly Tips Learn how to make the 12 days of Christmas a little more green. Check out our easy, but useful, tips here.

Favorite Ways to Spend a Rainy Day
Don't let the rain outside get you down! Check out the Farmers' Almanac's list of 10 ways to enjoy April.

Starting Seeds Indoors
If you're anxious to get outside in the garden, but the temperatures are still too cold, why not go ahead and start seeds indoors?

How to Plant a Flower Garden
Easy to follow stpes for beginners. Flowers add color, beauty, and cheer to yards and landscapes everywhere. Here are some good tips on how to get started.

Extend Your Growing Season
Mini-greenhouses, cold frames, and other ways to grow in cold weather.

Creating a Community Garden
Creating a community garden is a fun way to get to know your neighbors. Here are a few things you may want to think about before you dig.

Breathe Easier With The Right Paint
Not all paint is created equally. Some paints can adversely impact indoor air quality and cause health problems.

Say I Do to a Green Honeymoon
5 Great Green Travel Tips Going green doesn't have to mean sacrificing luxury. Check out these helpful green hints.

How to Start a Flower Garden
Add Beauty to Your Life by Growing Flowers- An Easy-to-Follow Plan for Starting a Flower Garden.

Are You Ready for Spring Gardening?
Find out what you can do now to prepare. As winter begins to give way to spring, find out what you can do now to prepare for a new season of gardening.

Vegetables that Liked this Summer's Soggy Weather
Why Cabbage and Broccoli are a Gardener's Best Friend

How to Deal with Household Pests
Mice making a home in your garage? Houseflies causing havoc in your kitchen? Get useful tips on ways to deal with pests here.

Recipes


Kelle Carter's Sugar Pumpkin Pie
Small Sugar Pumpkin is an heirloom pumpkin dating back to the 1800's. Dependable and easy to grow, it boasts high quality, stringless, thick, sweet flesh that is great for making pies. Organic seeds are available from Seeds of Change at www.seedsofchange.com.

Kelle Carters Organic Heirloom "Small Sugar" Pumpkin Pie Recipe
Small Sugar pumpkin is an heirloom pumpkin dating back to the 1800s. It boasts high quality, stringless, thick, sweet flesh great for making pies. Dependable and easy to grow. Organic seeds available from Seeds of Change at www.seedsofchange.com.

Videos

Mulefoot Pigs Enjoy Organic Grains and Greens
Hank Will, editor of GRIT magazine, starts his adventure with mulefoot hogs. This video, taken by his wife, Kate, shows the pigs enjoying their breakfast of organic grain and leftover greens.

Shopping an Eco Store
Hanna and Carly explore green solutions and discuss cleaning supplies, no and low voc paint and flooring options.

How to Make a Container Garden
Natural Home Art Director Michelle Galins shows you how to grow your own container garden.

How to Use Low-VOC Paints
Use these painting techniques when using low-VOC paints.

Whole Tree Architecture in Wisconsin
Using scrap trees in their entirety makes for an organic, structurally superior home in Wisconsin.

Landscape Design with Alma Hecht
Landscape designer Alma Hecht shares some of her secrets for creating fantastic gardens.

This Lawn is Your Lawn
Learn how you can help our new President grow a food garden on the White House lawn.

Blog

Sacking Organic Vegetables
September 15, 2006 4:47 PM

Going Green to Save Green
August 7, 2008 1:48 PM

Summer Mulching Time
July 11, 2006 10:43 AM

Making Friends
June 10, 2009 10:08 AM

Farm Aid Blog Post #3
September 30, 2006 2:31 PM

Tips for Weeding
June 19, 2007 10:55 AM

Getting Started on the Farm
May 15, 2009 8:00 AM

Long Live Mud
June 3, 2009 9:22 AM

I Don’t Hate Radishes!
May 21, 2009 2:22 PM

Working It Out
August 14, 2009 4:56 PM

Time to Think Locally
March 26, 2008 10:22 AM



Weed Proof Your Garden
June 9, 2008 10:08 AM


Beets Again?
June 18, 2009 11:00 AM



Cooking With Zests of Citrus
December 26, 2005 2:16 PM

The Importance of Indoor Air Quality
August 21, 2008 9:47 AM


New Season for Farmers’ Almanac TV
January 3, 2007 10:51 AM