Before designing your garden, observe the amount of sunlight in your yard. Choose a sunny spot with easy access to a rainwater collection barrel or hose. Next, decide if you want to build raised ...

Since the natural organic approach works so well, why do so many people still recommend and use toxic chemical pesticides and salt fertilizers? I’ve written about “organiphobia” in the past, but there ...

Organic gardening is a method of growing plants without the use of synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, or genetically modified ...

Add composted leaf litter to your garden crops. Wondering what to do with raked leaves? Turn it into composted leaf litter, or leaf matter, and read on to see how one small farm put this natural ...

Pest prevention wasn’t much of a problem in Nevada. Our biggest hazard was black widows. Carelessness meant painful bites and possibly antivenin. They crept in dark corners and under cabinets — ...

It’s barely dawn on a Sunday morning in July, and San Antonio talk radio host Bob Webster has already discussed blister beetles, root rot, the gloriousness of Labrador retrievers, and the state of his ...

Tree pruning can intimidate gardeners who instinctually want to nurture and grow things, not cut them down. But strategic and occasionally significant pruning is the tough love that some trees need.