Plant Gardens 101

Any gardener or keen vegetable grower really should have heard about the urban compost tumbler.
Without doubt they are the absolute best way to make quality compost in as short a time as possible. We can make a fantastic crumbly mix in only two to three weeks with these fantastic machines. So how exactly do they do it?
Well, at the heart of the system is the tumbling action. This really is what makes it all work, and work so effectively. We will either rotate the drum manually or turn a handle which rotates or tumbles the drum. This really is what makes the compost tumbler so efficient. This action chops up everything very small which makes the compost process work as fast as possible. Then this tumbling will also evenly distribute the heat so that the whole barrel has an even temperature. By doing this we ensure that all the contents turn in to good compost at the same time.
This certainly does not happen on a conventional compost heap. (more…)

Mint family
Labiatae
Per-rill’a. A small genus of tender herbaceous annuals, natives of e. Asia.

Description
Leaves green or dark reddish brown, in opposite pairs, inversely heart-shaped. Flowers small, in pairs, borne in the axils or bracts in terminal racemes.

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Let’s face it. Bugs are everywhere. It doesn’t matter how many times you spray your lawn or garden with insecticides, they always come back. Having pets or little children doesn’t make the process any easier either. Did you know that 90% of Americans pour nearly 300 million pounds of pesticides on their lawn, each year? The truth is, most of these pesticides are insoluble, which means they stick around for a very long time. This is not good for any wandering pet or child.

The pesticides we use today, usually come in the form of balls, crystals, granules, foggers or sprays. These products make up nearly 35,000 pesticides in the market’s circulation, and they are responsible for the majority of human household poisonings in the U.S. Most insecticides are lethal enough to disrupt an animal’s biological process, such as feminizing male animals and disrupting their ability to reproduce. (more…)

A section of grass-covered surface soil held together by matted roots; turf.