Beautiful Easy Organic Gardens

Beautiful Easy Organic Gardens contains information on how to have a beautiful organic vegetable garden, perennial garden and herb garden, how to have a natural organic lawn, how to water, fertilize, control deer, insects and diseases organically. Beautiful Easy Organic Gardens is written by Laurence Sombke the author of Beautiful Easy Flower Gardens and Beautiful Easy Lawns and Landscapes, the garden blogger for the Times Union, a garden and landscape consultant and speaker and radio host.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Preventing Garden Pests and Predators

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Preventing Garden Pests and Predators links and information from my presentation at the Northeast Organic farming Association of New York (...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

Tulip Bulbs Unplanted

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Tulip bulbs left unplanted are always a question for a lot of people. What can I do with them? Well, I have joined the club this year bec...
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Friday, July 31, 2009

Late Blight Tomato Solutions

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The New York Times had an article recently that noted that commercial tomato growers in the Northeast face massive economic losses this year...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Support Capital District Community Gardens

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Any Klein of the Capital District Community Gardens wants all of you to support her Veggie Mobile: Capital District Community Gardens ’ V...
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Community Garden Awards

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Two Coves Community Garden in Queens, NY wins NATURE HILLS NURSERY GREEN AMERICA AWARD Three community gardening projects from across th...
Friday, May 01, 2009

Tree Planting Tips

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Planting your tree too deeply is the number one reason why your tree will die in anywhere from two to five years. Often times the label on t...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Composted Leaves for Vegetable Garden

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Question: Sandy in Berlin, NY asks: Last fall I put a thick layer of leaf mulch on my vegetable and annual flower garden. The leaves came m...
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Garden FAQ: Wild and Backyard Raspberries

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Question: We are planning to plant backyard red & black raspberries and some wild black raspberries which grow around our rural home. W...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Dutchman's Breeches Wildflower in Bloom

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Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) is a dainty but rugged wildflower that blooms in March and April from Maine to Missouri. Here ...
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Friday, April 17, 2009

Perennial Herbs

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Chives, thyme, oregano, sage, lavender, parsley, tarragon and other perennial herbs can be planted this weekend here in eastern New York, We...
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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Garden Events Calendar in Our Region

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Project Budbreak is an interesting way for you as gardeners to get involved with learning about the effects of climate change on native plan...
Friday, April 10, 2009

Wildflower Hepatica in Bloom

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Wildflowers in a native garden are one of my favorite plantscapes of all time. Hepatica acutiloba, Liverleaf, is the first to bloom in my ga...
Monday, April 06, 2009

Gourmet Vegetable, Herb and Heirloom Flower Seeds

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One of my favorite seed catalogues for gourmet lettuces and salad mixes, European and Asian varieties, herbs and heirloom flowers is Renee...
Friday, April 03, 2009

Spring Heath Blooming on April Fool's Day

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Our Spring Heath, Erica carnea, 'Pink Spangles,' came into full bloom on April Fool's Day this year in my wife's rock garden...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

The New Terrarium by Tovah Martin

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The New Terrarium by Tovah Martin ( Clarkson Potter March 2009) is a beautifully -photographed and well-written book that has opened my ey...
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Friday, March 20, 2009

Organic Vegetable Garden at the White House

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An organic vegetable, herb and small fruits garden will soon be producing food on the grounds of the White House. First Lady Michelle Obama,...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

My Woodland Garden St. Patrick's Day 2009

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Here is a view of the woodland garden behind my house that I have been working to create over the past five years. The Pieris japonica and t...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Raspberries in the Garden

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This spring, I am going to plant a row of Heritage red raspberries in my backyard garden. My wife was looking at garden catalogues the other...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Garden Calendar and Events

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Here's a list of some of the great garden activities taking place this spring in the Hudson Valley, Berkshires and the greater Albany ar...
Thursday, March 05, 2009

Geraniums Indoors Looking Great

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I have six pots of geraniums ( Pelargonium ) sitting in a south facing window that, today, with the sun shining on them, look really fantas...
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Larry Sombke
I am a landscape consultant and designer, author and award-winning radio host.I am available for speaking engagements and landscape consultations. Contact me at: sombke@beautifuleasygardens.com.
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