It’s Spring! Last Minute Tips to Get Your Garden Ready

Welcome to Spring, the official beginning of terrific weather, sunshine and refreshing showers. The southeast has had an abnormally crappy winter (not that the midwest or northeast had it any better) and Spring couldn’t come fast enough. Some of you Learn More …

Full of Crap: Manure Types for Organic Gardening

This post is all about poop! Using manure as fertilizer is simply a part of composting and organic gardening. Below is a bit that I’ve learned on different manure options and their benefits/disadvantages. Hopefully this little guide will be helpful!Please note: Never scoop Learn More …

New Years Resolutions Made Easy

Many of us see the New Year as a clean slate, an opportunity to set new goals and stick to them without past failures weighing us down. Rightly, these resolutions often include our health: exercising more, eating healthier, and balancing Learn More …

Winter preparations for spring gardening

My little plot isn’t fit for winter gardening. It gets zero sun. The good news is that I can focus my free time elsewhere (maybe learning sign language, touching up my Spanish, home decor, and marathon training).  More good news? Learn More …

Fighting green dreams deferred

On this blog, I make an effort to present easy ways to adapt a sustainable lifestyle. But let’s face it. Sometimes being green isn’t easy. An eco-friendly, healthy lifestyle becomes particularly challenging when you aren’t starting from scratch. This has never been more Learn More …

Cute Lil’ Weapons of Mass Destruction: Organic Garden Pest Control

Battling bugs can be a source of stress and discomfort for gardeners, particularly folks like me who really, really, don’t like killing things. There’s no way around it so lets dig into some tried and true (and some disappointing) ways Learn More …