Organic Gardening

Pest Control

How to Get Rid of Ticks and Prevent Lyme Disease

Barbara Pleasant

Compost Teas for Protection and Control

Eric Fisher

How to Fight Hornworms

Pam Dawling

Does Citronella Keep Mosquitoes away?

Robert Pavlis

Plan for Less Pests with Integrated Pest Management

Kayla Haupt

Winter is a time of rest in the garden throughout most of the country. It’s a time when gardeners traditionally get comfy near the stove or fireplace, delve into the new season’s seed catalogs, revisit the last season’s triumphs and disasters, and plan for next year. But sometimes, gardeners miss getting their fingers in the […]

Korean Natural Farming Basics

Jonathan Olivier

Easy Grafting for Beginners

Lee Reich

Is Rooftop Gardening as Good as Having an Actual Garden?

Emma Metson

Four Easy Ways to Style Air Plants

Enid G. Svymbersky

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Korean Natural Farming Basics Fertilize your garden in a closed-loop system using these ancient practices that incorporate natural ingredients from your environment.

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Tools

The Loy Spade: An Ancient Irish Tool

Caitlin Wilson

Photo by Adobe Stock/Gregory Use of the Irish foot plough called a loy nearly died out in the 1980s, after centuries of farmers and gardeners using it to dig neat furrows all over the island. From the Irish laí, meaning “spade,” the loy’s fall from grace had been a long time coming: In the mid-18th century, […]