Growing Indoors? Save Space and Make Your Own Vertical Garden Pyramid
When it comes to growing inside, space is key. And that’s why growing vertically can make so much sense. I mean, who really wants to cover their whole floor with veggies if you can start growing them vertically. Sounds funny… but it can work. 
And here’s what very well could be the next best…
Winter Garden Innovation: Using Old Windows to Extend Your Season
There really isn’t anything quite like walking outside on a brisk winter day and picking a fresh salad that is vibrant with color and that has the aroma of spring. I mean really, if you haven’t experienced as much yet – it’s worth doing. Of course there are all kinds of ways that you can…
Bug Census: How You Could Spend 31,000 Years in a Bucket of Soil
So, one way to test a healthy soil is to see how many worms and bugs you can find in a square foot of it. And the other day I decided to do just that. It was getting later in the day and the sun was going down but on a whim I grabbed a…
Announcing “Top 10” Heirloom Tomatoes for 2014
Gary Ibsen, founder of TomatoFest® Heirloom Tomato Seeds, author of The Great Tomato Book, and grower of more than 600 varieties of certified organic, heirloom tomatoes, announces the “Top 10” favorite heirloom tomatoes for 2014: Black Cherry (purple/black) Brandywine, Sudduth Strain (pink beefsteak) Chocolate Stripes (red/green striped) Blondkopfchen (yellow cherry) Black Krim (purple/black beefsteak)…