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…

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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…

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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…

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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)…

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