Recent Organic Gardening Articles
How and Why to Keep a Garden Journal
Posted by Chaya Kurtz | May 07, 2013Gardening seems like a pretty physical job. What does keeping a journal have to do with it? In the summers I spent working on small organic farms, the farmers kept extensive, detailed...
Three Tips for Growing Blueberries
Posted by Chaya Kurtz | Mar 12, 2013There is a strong case to be made for growing blueberries in a home garden. The bushes are similar in stature to common ornamental bushes, like Rhododendron, but they offer much more...
Five Invasive Plants Not to Plant in Your Garden
Posted by Chaya Kurtz | Mar 05, 2013If you have ever seen a weed take over your whole garden or yard, you have seen invasive plants in action. The following invasive plants look like common garden plants. However, they...
Unusual Herbs to Grow in Your Spring Garden
Posted by Chaya Kurtz | Feb 11, 2013You're already growing sweet basil, dill, and mint. Your parsley and cilantro are always abundant in your garden. Yet, for some strange reason, you want to kick it up a notch. You've...
The Art of Dehydrating Foods
Posted by Cris Carl | Oct 24, 2012A couple of years ago, I started dehydrating foods. It takes some work, depending on the amount of food you are looking to preserve food by dehydrating, but the pay-off is definitely...
Tips for Producing Honey at Home
Posted by s.e. smith | Oct 03, 2012Here at Networx, we’re big fans of bees and other pollinators because they’re great for the environmentnand great for the garden. In the case of bees, there’s a...
Habitat Fragmentation is for the Birds
Posted by s.e. smith | Aug 28, 2012There are around 10,000 bird species worldwide, and an estimated 13% of them are threatened with extinction, with human pressures on their habitats being a significant contributing...
Tips for Growing Great Salad Greens
Posted by s.e. smith | Aug 02, 2012Salad greens are one of the easiest and most satisfying crops to grow. My go-to garden expert, farmer Gowan Batist, says that when you time your seeding and harvesting well, you can...