Cayenne pepper can be used for pest control.I ran across an article today that gives the recipes for 10 homemade organic pesticides. The information in the article was so good, I decided to tell you a… more →
Cranberry Compost & Gardening Blogwrote 10 hours ago: Today was a really fine and lovely day. The temperature was a nice balance of gentle warmth and cool … more →
wrote 16 hours ago: Last year, when I planted fava beans I had a lot of butterflies and bees enjoying the flowers. This … more →
wrote 17 hours ago: This is a 50-pound cement unicorn I recently obtained. I love it. I’ve been spending a lot of … more →
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wrote 1 day ago: English: Multicolored Asian lady beetle feeding on soybean aphids. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As a ki … more →
wrote 1 day ago: Well it has been a while since I have posted here….sorry. I have been busy getting the garden … more →
wrote 1 day ago: While I have been enjoying multiple harvests of fresh, crisp buttercrunch lettuce, apparently the fr … more →
wrote 2 days ago: My new tomato plants already have tiny green bugs on them. I think they are aphids. What can I put o … more →
wrote 3 days ago: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22554162 German researchers have discovered the biolog … more →
wrote 3 days ago: Here we go again! Once again man has acted before thinking through the consequences. Invasive ladybi … more →
wrote 4 days ago: Syrphus ribesii, a common hover fly, on a lilac leaf Another welcome visitor. The larvae of this hov … more →
wrote 4 days ago: “If people never did silly things, then nothing intelligent would ever get done.” —Ludwig Wittgenste … more →
wrote 4 days ago: John Kohler from http://growingyourgreens.com shares more innovative ways to grow gardens in limited … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Do you use trap crops? I am a casual gardener and don’t plan to trap crop seriously, but I wil … more →
wrote 1 week ago: These peppers were planted less than a week ago and they have doubled in size! I am very happy. The … more →
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wrote 1 week ago: How often have you heard the phrase ‘I heard it through the grapevine’? New research has potential t … more →
wrote 1 week ago: At the moment, the main insects on my radar are the 17-year cicadas that will crawl out of the groun … more →
wrote 1 week ago: All natural aphid spray 1 cup water 1 cup white vinegar 1/2 cup salt 1/4 cup powdered citric acid 1/ … more →