Organic Gardening Tips and Plants – How to

Organic Gardening Tips Terra Viva Organics December Newsletter   Gardening ideas for the winterImprove pollination in your garden with Orchard Mason BeesRheubin’s Squash Soup Deluxe Gardening Ideas for the Winter Force bulbs indoors The dull days of winter can dampen […]

Organic Gardening Tips and Plants – How to

Organic Gardening Tips Terra Viva Organics Gardening on a Budget by Arzeena Hamir Once the buzz of Christmas has passed, the task of paying off bills can leave many gardeners on a strict budget. Gardeners who need to make frugal […]

Organic Gardening Tips and Plants – How to

Got Mildew? Get Milk! by Arzeena Hamir Less than 3 years ago, researchers in South America discovered a new alternative to controlling powdery mildew. Wagner Bettiol, a scientist from Brazil, found that weekly sprays of milk controlled powdery mildew in […]

Organic Gardening Tips and Plants – How to

Organic Gardening Tips Terra Viva Organics Website UpdateLow Cost Mushroom Production at HomePreparing for Seed SavingThe Buzz About Worm CastingsGingered Asparagus Low Cost Mushroom Production at Home by Arzeena Hamir Gourmet mushrooms like Shiitake, Oyster & Enoki mushrooms are growing […]

Ohio Pumpkin Record breaker

Ohio Pumpkin Record breaker Winston Wyckoff III uncovers the 1,279-pound pumpkin that broke the Ohio state record at the Barnesville Pumpkin Festival in Barnesville, Ohio. The pumpkin, grown on land Wyckoff’s family has farmed for nearly two centuries, beat the […]

New Zealand Alpine Garden Society (Inc.)

New Zealand offers a wide variety of alpine flora and vegetation. The New Zealand Alpine Garden Society invites you to join other overseas members in enjoying the benefits of the Society. Membership provides two informative Bulletins each year and an […]

Alpine & Rock Garden Nurseries

Listing of Alpine Plants and how to use:: Enclosed is a list of nurseries that sell Alpine or Rock Garden Plants or Seeds Thimble Farms 175 Arbutus Rd., Salt Spring Island. B.C. Canada V8K 1A3 Alpines Mont Echo 1182 Parmenter […]

Organic Gardening Tips and Plants – How to

Gardening organically isn’t just gardening without chemicals. You, the gardener, must work with nature to develop an ecosystem in your garden. What does that mean? Learn about and encourage healthy bugs like ladybugs, lacewings, and other predatory insects to come […]

Botanical Name to Common Name – P-Z

Phacelia tanacetifolia Bee Food Phacelia campanularia Desert Bluebells Phalaris canariensis Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea Reed Canary Grass Phaseolus angularis Adzuki Bean Phaseolus Beans Phaseolus vulgaris var. nanus Bush Bean Phaseolus vulgaris Kidney Bean Phaseolus lunatus Lima Bush Beans Phaseolus vulgaris var. […]

Botanical Name to Common Name – F-P

Fabiana imbricata Pichi Fagopyrum esculentum Buckwheat Fagopyrum tataricum Tartarian Buckwheat Fagus sylvatica Beech Fagus sylvatica var. purpurea Copper-Beech Fallopia convolvulus Black bindweed Fallugia paradoxa Apache plume Fatsia papyrifera: Rice-paper tree Fedia cornucopiae African Valerian Feijoa Pineapple Guava Feijoa sellowiana Pineapple […]