If you are anything like me, you love Zucchini! However, those 3 or 4 plants you have in your little garden are producing WAY more Zucchini than you and your family can possibly eat (unless you have a big family of course). My buddy has 6 kids, they eat a lot of Zucchini I bet. [...]

When it comes to a prominent perennial flower that really brings beauty and functionality to an organic garden, it’s hard to beat the Shasta Daisy. Shasta Daisies are really wonderful to see growing so well in the mountainous gardens and flowerbeds of Northeastern California. They require a little water, good well drained soil and a [...]

Planting an Organic Herb garden is not hard at all. In fact it is probably one of the most fun and simple ways of getting some dirt therapy. You can do this multiple ways, but I think the easiest way is using containers such as a window box or just some terracotta pots. As you [...]

Organic Lavender Infused Lemonade is one of the most wonderful summertime refreshments I have ever enjoyed. Follow the simple recipe below and relax under a shade tree after a hard day in the garden. Easy Lemonade: 4 cups of water 1 cup of lemon juice 1/2 cup of sugar or substitute like Stevia leaf Adding [...]

Daffodils are great spring flowers. With a little water and some organic fertilizer they seem to just pop up year after year with very little effort. However, you can greatly add to their splendor by doing a few simple things. Plant Daffodils in the Fall In the Fall plant them about 6" deep in a [...]

There are many, many egg salad recipes out there, but none as easy as this one. Since we raise our own hens and therefore have many eggs we tend to enjoy eggs in our diet more than most I’d say. Egg salad is super yummy, full of protein, more vitamins and good fats as well [...]

Horse manure is great manure for your garden. Out here in Northeastern California it is so easy to come by, not figuring out how to utilize it would be a shame. Horse manure is full of weeds though. We learned this the hard way by filling our truck with it from a wonderful neighbors house, [...]

If you are having issues with weeds and would like an easy way to suppress them, as well as save water and bulk up on your organic matter, then some old rotten straw might be your ticket! If you live anywhere near a ranch you might be able to pick up some old straw from [...]

Well Drained Soil is soil that doesn’t retain a lot of water causing the roots of the plant to rot. That is an easy way to put it. Every climate has a little different notion of what a good drain rate is within soil. Here in Northeastern California most of the area is covered in [...]

There is a lot of noise about the contaminated eggs on the air waves right now. Salmonella will make you sick without a doubt. However, the commercial chicken meat most folks buy at the super market is already is contaminated with salmonella according to Medical News Today. What’s up with that? It’s raw chicken, not [...]