- Learn how to greatly improve your garden soil beyond belief with simple, very easy methods. Nutrient and microbe-rich soil produces happy vigorous plants! You’ll have healthier veggies and fruit that contain more nutrients, flowering plants that give you more and bigger blossoms, and your trees and shrubs will benefit from richer soil as well.
- Stretch your food-dollars by learning how to plant a vegetable garden that includes seeds or cuttings taken directly from the produce you’ve purchased at the grocery store or farmers market. You don’t have to spend another penny to do this! Even apartment dwellers can have a mini veggie garden using cuttings or seeds from store bought produce.
- Extend your growing season by building a cold frame or row cover from free or almost-free reclaimed materials so you can start to garden earlier than the normal spring planting date or after the normal fall planting date for your zone.
- You don’t have to spend an arm and a leg on (often expensive) gardening tools and equipment. I’ve included lots of easy-to-do DIY projects that will save you lots of money. Learn how to make a multitude of very useful garden tools and other implements from materials and items that normally end up being discarded in the trash or the recycling bin.
- Stop bugs, pests and destructive garden critters from destroying your plants and lawn by using safe non-toxic remedies! Don’t use unhealthy chemicals and pesticides to fight your war on garden pests! I’ve included a large assortment of simple to make, highly effective non-toxic sprays, drenches, and dusts that address about every destructive bug and critter you’ll probably have to deal with. Most of the recipes use ingredients that are more than likely sitting in your kitchen cupboard. You’ll save a lot of money by making your own concoctions and you’ll also be assured that your family and pets are kept safe because they’re not being subjected to harmful chemicals.
- Learn simple but effective non-toxic methods to help control or eradicate weeds from your lawn and garden.
- Conserve rain water and greywater for reuse in your garden. City water bills just keep going up and up! Learn how to make your own rain chains and rainwater collection barrel systems from materials that can be reclaimed or purchased very affordably.
- Learn which insects are wonderful to have living in your garden and which ones aren’t. And learn who eats who! This is just one more non-toxic and organic way to control pest problems. Let Mother Nature give you a helping hand.
- Make sturdy plant cages and supports using reclaimed materials that will last for many years.
- Stop throwing out fruit and vegetable kitchen scraps – that’s gold you’re throwing away! I’ll show you all sorts of different, easy-to-do methods to recycle that nutrient rich kitchen waste into an amendment for your garden soil that’s far superior to expensive store-bought products.
- Learn all the techniques you’ll ever need to know about making loads of FREE compost. Learn how to: make very efficient compost bins; the ins and outs of “cooking” it properly; and how to use it for maximum benefit in your garden. I don’t know of another more eco-conscious and frugal way to help improve our garden soil than by utilizing refuse – “greens” and “browns” – that normally gets thrown out or put down the garbage disposal. I’ve even included information on composting techniques that most people don’t know about!
- Save money! Learn how easy it is to be more frugal … more eco-conscious … more respectful of Mother Earth. I’ve put it all together in this 300 page comprehensive compendium …
The Shoe Sting Gardener
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Keys To Great Composting
This odd-looking bench is stuffed with shredded textile leftovers.
I will admit it: It is better than I expected, and can be a real model for urban living. 


A minimalist, easy to setup swing lets you have more fun anywhere you go.
Two designers show how new habitats for endangered birds can be made in the standard brick wall, using low-tech techniques. 








