Imagine having all the info you would like about growing, drying, cooking, and even making herbal remedies all in one place… Well that’s exactly what Mother Earth News has done with their amazing directory of culinary and medicinal herbs. Ok… so I can’t promise it has everything you’re looking for, but it sure is an…
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I just came across this excellent article on Rodale’s Organic Life where Doug Hall tested out seven different (and often creative) ways to grow potatoes. He really had quite the test plot. Imagine growing potatoes in all these different ways and then comparing the pros and cons of each: Hilled Rows Straw Mulch Raised Bed…
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Wow! I’ve recently been thinking about growing food in small spaces and I think you’ll love this. It’s a short video on how this family grows 6,000 lbs of food on 1/10th of an acre! Incredible! Watch it here: How would you like to turn your little home into something similar? Sounds cool doesn’t it?…
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Urban gardening isn’t always easy, especially since space is often hard to come by. For those of us with less space than we’d like, it’s important to be smart when organizing your garden so we can get as much out of it as possible. I’ve learned some tricks, from experience and from friends, about how…
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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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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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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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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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