by David R. Hunsaker aka 'Organic Dave' Tools of an Organic Gardener differ than those of typical gardeners and landscapers. It is a unique skill set to be an organic gardener and very much a thinking game on a daily basis. The first and...
Hello, my name is Dave Hunsaker and I am an avid, passionate and professional organic gardener. I absolutely love what I do and would like to take this time to introduce you to the world of organic gardening. For starters, organic gardeners never use any synthetic...
Understanding Compost and Compost Tea What is Compost? Compost is decomposed organic material taken from kitchen scraps or from green waste around the garden. The scraps and green waste are collected together for a controlled decomposition into useable nutrient rich soil and fertilizer. At our current rate of refuse the...
NEWSFLASH: California is in a drought and people in Santa Barbara County have been asked to decrease their water usage on their lawn and landscape and it's only the beginning of April!! So you have a lawn and want to keep it, what should you do? First,...
I have a tough time putting it into words, so I went to Wikipedia and it says "Permaculture is a branch of ecological design, ecological engineering, and environmental design that develops sustainablearchitecture and self-maintained agricultural systems modeled from natural ecosystems. The term permaculture (as a systematic method) was first coined by AustraliansBill Mollison and David Holmgrenin 1978. The word permaculture originally...
Despite the winter rains, California is still in a drought and people in Santa Barbara County have been asked to decrease their water usage on their lawn and landscape and it's only the beginning of April!! So you have a lawn and want to keep it,...
It's that time of year again, January, time to prune those roses. I've been doing pruning the entire month of January. It's still not to late to prune those beautiful roses. Around Santa Barbara, you have to force the rose to go into dormancy, so...