Attracting and Maintaining Beneficial Garden Organisms

Harvesting honey from your hive is a fun and exciting endeavor. Photos, videos, and step by step instructions to extracting honey from your backyard hive.

Vermicomposting is a good substitute for composting outdoors. Using a small bin, some newspaper or cardboard, red wiggler worms and a little patience, you can make nutritious compost for your garden.

Tips on how to help gardens grow vigorously, prevent disease, and deter harmful insects. Whether store- bought or produced at home, worm castings are a gardener's best friend.

Feed birds during the cold winter months by hanging feeders full of their favorite seeds. Learn how to make an easy pinecone feeder too!

It took three years to see my first oriole, so there is no reason to give up because, in a few months, the birds will fly over in springtime. Try, try again.

Ladybugs are your friends in the garden. They do no damage, yet eat most of the pesky pests that do! Release some ladybugs and keep your flowers and plants growing beautifully.

Here are simple step by step instructions on how to set up a worm composting bin. From hints and tips on what wormery to buy, to what to feed the worms, this article shows you the starting stages of setting up your own worm farm to bring you the very best completely organic natural fertilizer for your garden.

Discover the best ways to attract the American Goldfinch to your backyard birdfeeder, plus view pictures and learn some interesting facts.

Honey bees are very important to food resources because they pollinate many crops. Beekeepers are seeing massive die-offs. What is killing our honey bees?

If you'd like to host a puddle club party for butterflies in your garden, here are five easy ways to attract lots of gorgeous guests.

If you want to see a lot of birds in your yard, there are certain trees that you can plant that will provide just the proper incentive for birds—the types of food they love.

Mason Bees are one of the best-kept secrets of gardening and orchards. You have probably seen them many times and had not realized it. If you are a gardener, then you need to read this article.

Beneficial insects and spiders are useful for keeping harmful insects away from your plants and garden. You can harness the features of helpful bugs by attracting native species or buying them online.

Looking to start a butterfly garden in Florida? These are the 5 essential nectar sources you need in your garden!

Looking to start a butterfly garden in Florida? Here are the 5 essential host plants for the Florida butterfly garden.

Toads provide years of free insect control in return for a simple shelter and a source of water.