News & Articles
Post-Hurricane Garden Care: Ensuring Safety & Soil Health After Flooding
This post offers guidance for home gardeners on safely managing soil and garden produce affected by hurricane-related floodwaters, addressing potential contaminants and providing long-term recovery tips.
Saving Seeds & Setting Tables
OGS talks with Chris Smith of Appalachian Seed Growers Collective and Utopian Seed Project to discuss the upcoming Trial-to-Table event and his newest seed-saving initiative.
Cultivating a Sustainable Future: Local Farmers and Organic Growers School
Through partnerships with local farms and businesses like Mother Earth Food, the Organic Growers School fosters the growth and success of farmers in the Asheville area and beyond.
Native Pollinators Are at Risk—Here’s How You Can Help Them
Diversifying your garden is one step toward protecting and caring for native pollinators and beneficial insects.
Ask OGS: Squash Vine Borers
A sign: if your plant wilts suddenly, the most likely culprit is the squash vine borer.
Ask OGS: Organic Herbicide for Poison Ivy
Learn how to get rid of poison ivy with various organic methods.
Bugs in Your Garden: How to Identify Pests
Manage pests in your garden by observing and catching them early; know which bugs are good or bad.
Ask OGS: Eradicating Bermuda Grass from Your Garden
Bermuda grass rhizome: a culprit in the hard-to-eradicate grass
Ask OGS: Rust on Apple Trees
It’s possible to control and prevent cedar apple, quince, and Hawthorne rust on apple trees. These are some of the organic and sustainable ways to do so.
