Companion Planting
February 12th, 2010
Tags: companion planting, eco-systems, integrated pest management, organic gardening
Posted in Gardening |
Companion plantings of some kind have been practiced throughout agricultural history. Some of the earliest written documents on gardening discuss these relationships. Early settlers discovered American First Nations people were using an interplanting scheme of corn-bean-squash that balanced the requirements of each crop for light, water, and nutrients. In the 1800’s, hemp (cannabis) was often [...]
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A Waste of Packaged Gold
June 15th, 2009
Tags: efficient living, Home garden lighting, Home gardening, organic gardening
Posted in Gardening |
8:59 PM 4/28/2006 As we drove by the plush residential homes, some recently covered with a fresh coating of paint and with the variously landscaped yards displaying their beautiful spired shrubs, flowering gardens and well watered green lawns, it could not be helped but to notice the evenly placed lawn bags filled to the brim [...]
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