by Environmental News | Jul 22, 2017 | Be Organic
Source: The Edmond Sun Prolonged drought stress to plants is unhealthy and predisposes them to pest problems. A plant under drought stress is in a weakened state and its defenses are low. Insects and diseases take advantage of the situation and add to the...
by Environmental News | Jul 16, 2017 | Live Toxic Free
Source: A Way To Garden WHICH OF US doesn’t want to look out at a more resilient, manageable, and sustainable landscape–one that really works environmentally but also aesthetically, that’s not messy or chaotic? Since the book “Planting in a Post-Wild World” came out...
by Environmental News | Jun 15, 2017 | Be Organic
Author: Mary Lou Marchand / Source: bemidjipioneer.com Mary Lou Marchand Weeds. Mowing. I don’t mind mowing until I get to the curbside. The sand and salt the plow throws on that area during the winter often leaves us with a problem area that is more...
by Environmental News | May 7, 2017 | Be Organic
Source: victoriaadvocate.com By Barb Henry – Victoria County Master GardenerEdited by Charla Borchers Leon Updated May 7, 2017 at 6 a.m. With a plan for spring planting, have all your tools and materials close at hand, including selected plants, a bag of soil,...
by Environmental News | May 1, 2017 | Be Organic
Source: The Columbus Dispatch By Diana Lockwood / For The Columbus Dispatch Although they don’t spew ash or ooze lava, mulch “volcanoes” wreak their own kind of havoc. Mounded against tree trunks in sloping piles suggesting a miniature Mount St. Helens, too much mulch...
