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Urine, excellent garden fertilizer

Urine for fertilizer, go from pissing poor to liquid gold!

Special reports
What is a shield bug

Shield bugs and stink bugs, not so welcome in the garden!

Treating diseases and pests
Incarvillea

Incarvillea, a hardy flower for ornamental beds and pots

Perennials
Hoeing, why hoe and how

A run of the hoe saves two of the hose! Why and how to hoe

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Bioindicator plants soil pH

Test your soil pH with plants

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Weeds to keep because they're useful

5 weeds people hate but gardeners love

Gardening
Wormwood weedy tea

Wormwood weedy tea, ferment Artemisia against fungus and pests

Treating diseases and pests
Irrigation systems for garden

Garden water systems to make life easier… and plants happier!

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What to plant in often flooded gardens

Oft-flooded garden? Plant these water lovers!

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Spading fork, digging fork

Spading fork, a sturdy tool for down-to-earth gardeners

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Bindweed, how to get rid of it

Invasive bindweed, here is how to get rid of it. Most of all, don’t just pull!

Treating diseases and pests
How to get rid of quackgrass

How to rid your lawn of quackgrass (and all growing beds, too)

Treating diseases and pests
Artemisia vulgaris, mugwort

Artemisia vulgaris, how to grow the mugwort herb

Herbs and spices
Astrantia, masterwort

Astrantia, how to care for masterwort

Perennials
Broadfork, grelinette

Broadfork, a toothy soil turner that harms neither bug… nor back!

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Plants that love limestone soil

Plants that love that most dreaded of soils – limestone

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Grow vegetables in alkaline, limestone soil

Grow vegetables on a patch of limestone soil

The Vegetable Patch
Using sulfur in the garden

Sulfur, organic fungus control, but use with caution

Gardening
Chicken manure fertilizer

Chicken droppings, truly a blessing in disguise: free fertilizer!

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earthworm

Worms, welcome wonderful wrigglers!

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Horse manure

Horse manure, why gardeners love this sh*t over all others

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Use manure in the garden

Manure, give this sh*t a thought… it’s great for plants!

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Flea beetle

Flea beetle, tiny jumping beetles that gnaw holes in leaves

Treating diseases and pests
Ants, useful in the garden

Ants, life in the garden and life of the party!

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Using seaweed in a vegetable garden

Seaweed, great fertilizer for the veggie garden

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Natural ways to deal with insect pests

Natural tips to fight insect pests

Treating diseases and pests
Carrot fly

Carrot fly, how to control this wasp-like carrot borer

Treating diseases and pests
Insect pheromone traps

Pheromone traps, lure insects to their end… with scents!

Treating diseases and pests
Uses of Diatomaceous earth

Diatomaceous earth, a powerful – and natural – insecticide

Treating diseases and pests
Leek moth

Leek moth identification and control

Treating diseases and pests
Bt, bacillus thuringiensis

Bt, Bacillus thuringiensis: how to use this organic caterpillar killer

Treating diseases and pests
Shrew

Shrew, a cute and helpful fellow in the garden

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Vole, rodent

Holes in the garden… and in veggies? It’s the vole!

Treating diseases and pests
Hand pump spray for gardening

Pump sprayer, a key tool for gardeners

Treating diseases and pests
Use black soap in the garden

Black soap, great for garden pest control – fully natural, too!

Treating diseases and pests
Cranefly, daddy longlegs, Tipula

Cranefly, harmless Daddy Long Legs… but voracious larva!

Treating diseases and pests
Nematodes for pest control

Nematodes, excellent to target pests directly – and naturally!

Treating diseases and pests
Festuca gautieri

Spiky fescue, how to care for Festuca gautieri

Ornamental grasses
Problems with codonanthe

Codonanthe diseases, pests & problems

Flowering houseplants
pacific larkspur

Pacific Giant Delphinium, a gorgeous tall larkspur

Perennials
easy houseplants

Easy and beautiful houseplants

Indoor plants
WWoof how to try

How to WWOOF? Three steps to start trying it out

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WWOOF definition

What is WWOOF? A farm experience based on sharing!

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Reasons why to try wwoof

3 powerful reasons to try WWOOF

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Where to wwoof

Great places to WWOOF, how to find the right spot

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Wwoofing host in France

WWoofing as a host: a great experience

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Samantha, an experienced wwoofer

Hear it straight from the Wwoofer’s mouth! Samantha’s WWOOFING experience

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Ornamental gourd

Ornamental gourd, beautiful but not for eating!

The Vegetable Patch
Opuntia vulgaris

Opuntia vulgaris, caring for Mickey Mouse paddle cactus

Cacti and succulents
Tree tomato

Tree tomato, how to plant and care for Tomato Tree

The fruit Orchard
Houseplant in full sun

Fry me to the moon… these houseplants love full sun!

Gardening