by Christie Dustman | Sep 24, 2015 | Garden Design, Gardening, Vegetable gardening
Contributed by Tim Wholey When you see something amiss with your plants and vegetables, like uninvited guests dining on them, do you cringe at the thought of reaching for that chemical pesticide you keep in your garage? Do visions of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring come...
by Christie Dustman | May 8, 2015 | Landscape maintenance
Contributed by Brian McGinn The answer to whether or not to mulch your garden beds is simply…YES! Adding a layer of mulch to your garden does many things: enhances soil nutrition by adding nutrients as it decomposes (reducing the need for fertilizers), reduces the...