Dirty Fingers - Issue 4

What a great bunch of articles this month! I'm excited about the turn out and look forward to reading them all. Have a good time reading them, and be sure to make useful comments on the sites that allow it. That always makes us bloggers feel good!

Lawns

We had a lot of lawn posts this month. It must be the right time of year for working on them! I for one am very grateful as I am working on my lawn this year and hope to get it in order. Although I prefer edible plantings, I need space for my daughter and dog to play.

Amy L. talks about some of the advantages of organic pesticides in her Organic Pesticides For A Safe Lawn post at Housekeeping Tips.

How to Care for Your Lawn posted at Home Life Weekly has some great tips. Although the article mentions some non organic supplies, there are many useful tips and we can just replace the herbicides and pesticides with organic methods.

Raimondo Solari talks about how our lawns suck up so much water. There has to be ways that we can still get a good looking lawn without wasting the precious resource water is becoming. Check out the tips at Inexpensive, Eco-Friendly Green Lawn Care posted at Garden Gab.

Sarah at Lawn Care Tips had a lot to tell us about helping our lawns along. Sarah will tell us what we need to know:

Organic Weed Control Methods And Herbicides | Spring Lawn Care - Lawn Care Tips - Organic methods to keep those pesky weeds from ruining your lawn.
Managing Lawn Care During A Drought | Spring Lawn Care - Lawn Care Tips - What to do about your lawn during a drought!
Why Is Proper Lawn Clipping Height So Important? | Spring Lawn Care - Lawn Care Tips - The importance of the clipping height of your lawn
Using Organic Fertilizers For A Healthy Lawn | Spring Lawn Care - Lawn Care Tips posted at Lawn Care Tips - Many people want to have a beautiful lawn without all of the harmful effects of synthetic fertilizers.

Sustainability

Melanie Rimmer uses a great parable to explain the meaning of sustainability. A must read story that makes it crystal clear what we are talking about. Check out Bean Sprouts: I Believe... posted at Bean-Sprouts.

valereee always gives us great posts. This month she tells us How to shop at a farmers' market on Cincinnati Locavore, saying, "Shopping at the farmers' market is a great way to eat sustainably!"
She also talks about eating locally. I've blogged some about the 100 mile diet, but she does a great job of talking to some of the pros and cons of it. Time, Money, Recipes: Experience is the answer posted at Cincinnati Locavore.

Ever wonder what happens to your trash once it is sent off with the garbage hauler? Well Samir Bharadwaj tells us in The Yellow Rubber Ducks Now Live Down On the Farm at Samir Bharadwaj dot Com.

Hilary Green gives us some information about hybrids on her post, Hybrid Cars Q&A at The Green Motorist.

Gardening

If you have any pets, Vera Lang wants to talk with you about Deadly And Dangerous Plants Your Pet May Find Appetizing posted at Fine Pet Care .com. Before you add a new plant to your house, be sure you know how it might effect your pet if it gets ahold of the plant.

Sonja Stewart presents A Child's Vegetable Garden: Cultivating Fun, Learning, and Responsibility posted at Parenting Squad. I love gardening with Emma, and I highly recommend every parent put together a garden with their child. This article gives some great tips.

Woman Tribune gives us a guide to Planning Your Own Vegetable Garden posted at Woman Tribune. Yes guys, I know it is a woman's site, but the article can still be used by us testosterone driven set. Read the comments too, some people have added to the conversation very nicely.

Brenda Emmett presents Planning Your Flower Garden posted at Her Gardening Blog. She said it well, so I'll let her "Planting a flower garden should be more than just throwing a few flowers into the ground and hoping they will grow. A beautiful flower garden takes a little preparation and planning in advance. There are several things to take into consideration when you are planning your flower garden."

Sam talks to us about our friendly pollinators in The Secret Lives of Bees. Honey, Health and Harvests ! Surfer Sam posted at Surfer Sam and Friends, saying, "The Secret Lives of Bees. About one-third of the human food supply depends on bee pollination. We also use honey and bee pollen as natural food products to promote wellness. Bees are beneficial for everyone. Bees, we can't do without them."

Jamie McIntosh mentions Cutworm Control at Suite101: Organic Gardens blog. Cutworms can devastate your garden, learn some good tips on controlling them.

Tip Diva always has good information for us. Today she is talking to our inner cheap scate. Mine is always taking control, so I'm always glad to find new ways to keep cheap. Top Ten Tips - Cheap Gardening is posted at Tip Diva.

Teri gives us the basics of Saving Small Lots of Dry Seed using calendula as an example on her site, Teri's Organic Garden.

Stefanie Hutson gives us some strange and beautiful pictures in Strange Plants: Plants Too Strange for Grandma's Garden posted at Vat19.com slash Blog.

If you need some compost, but don't have any on hand, talk to Condo Blues and learn How to Make Quickie Compost posted at Condo Blues.

Fun

Garden sheds can be used for so much more than holding your tools. You can write a novel, read one, or write a blog while sitting in one. Andy Boyd presents 20 Creatively Hacked Urban Garden Shed Offices posted at The News In Print, saying, "The garden shed can serve as a way for the telecommuting employee to maintain better boundaries between work and home because it's a separate space away from the rest of the house. It can also be a way to set up an office space that is functional and yet peaceful."

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