Organic Vegetable Gardening News

Palo Alto Landscape Design Contractor Green Thumbs Up, Shares Advice on Organic, Sustainable Gardening

Green Thumbs Up, specializing in eco-friendly gardens, shares techniques to improve the health of a homeowner’s garden and minimize negative impact on the environment. (PRWeb February 03, 2012) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/palo-alto/landscape-design/prweb9153235.htm

Gardening Calendar Updated Feb. 2

Gardening events along the Treasure Coast.

Organic options reflected in this year's seed catalogues

It's fascinating how changes in gardening attitudes and milestones in plant breeding are reflected in this year's seed catalogue vegetable offerings. For instance, organic seed is becoming so much in demand that Veyseys is itemizing all its organic catalogue seed in an extra 150-item listing.

Gardening with Laurie: Start your spring gardens

Spring-like temperatures and some wonderful rain is all we gardeners need to make for a wonderful day. I've heard from several gardeners that they received anywhere from to 3 inches of rain this past week. The rain was wonderful. We still need lots more, but let's be grateful for any we get.

Yardsmart: Hydroponic gardening may aid food supply

I grew up in NASA's Apollo years (1961-72), when space-age technology yielded such essentials as memory foam, smoke detectors and water filters. The agency helped fine-tune other products, such as cordless tools for Black and Decker, to make them better suited to space.

NORTH COAST GARDENING: February garden preparations

Pleasant February days whet the appetite for spring planting. Bright sun makes the grass glow brilliant green while yellow daffodils bloom and a chorus of tree frogs soars above all.