TweetI am getting ready to start on my first vegetable garden. This season I am just preparing the soil for planting season next year and planning my garden. I was wondering what vegetables are easiest for beginners, or what vegetables grow well together. I am trying to start in on this slowly and deliberately so [...]

TweetI was given a plot layout years ago for a vegetable garden but of course I’ve missed placed it. I remember being told that you can’t plant potatoes and onions together. Now I’m worried that I’m going to fail before I even really begin.

TweetThere are a lot of stray cats in my area. I am going to be creating a garden for the first time and I am certain that at least one of the many stray cats in the neighborhood will enjoy making my garden a toilet. How do I keep them out? Is a Remington the [...]

Tweet A rain garden is an attractive landscaping feature planted with perennial native plants. It is a bowl-shaped garden, designed to absorb stormwater run-off from impervious surfaces such as roofs and parking lots. www.raingardens.org This is a fantastic little video that explains how to use a rain garden in your yard to add low maintenence [...]

TweetPeople who own cars that have high c02 emissions are going to be taxed more under the guise of a ‘green tax to encourage green behavior’. The only logic here is that the government wants people to scrap their old cars and buy new lower emission ones. How green is it to scrap a perfectly [...]