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QUESTION: Calling all Compost Experts

JadaE, member | January 28th, 20102 comments

Hey fellow gardeners! I am reading up on composting a lot lately, and have a couple of questions for those of you who are experts!

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Add Some Spice to Your Life

Jodi Torpey, contributor | January 21st, 20101 comment

Until you’ve experienced the pleasure of growing sweet red peppers and then grinding the dried pods into fresh paprika, you won’t know what you’ve been missing. One whiff of fresh paprika and you’ll never want to buy grocery store paprika again.

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All in the family

Seed Savers Exchange, contributor | January 18th, 2010

This article is about a Seed Savers publication, the Yearbook, that provides a place to exchange treasured family heirloom seeds.

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From Zero to Gourmet in 7 Days: Sprouts!

JadaE, member | January 16th, 20101 comment

I recently purchased a Seed-Sprout growing kit, as a way to grow my own fresh healthy greens, and to give me a little gardening project during the cold winter wait...

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How to Improve Your Stock Options

Jodi Torpey, contributor | January 14th, 20103 comments

Discover the hidden value of potato peels, carrot tops and other kitchen discards. Gain big dividend every time you cook up a batch of vegetable stock.

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Growing Beautiful Food

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | January 14th, 20104 comments

Think of growing beautiful food as foreplay to dinner.

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Growing Avocados

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | January 9th, 2010

If you just happen to live in zones 9-11, consider growing some delicious avocados (Persea americana). Not only are they tasty, but they offer nutritional value for your heart and eyes.

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Cheap and Easy Winter Greens

Jodi Torpey, contributor | January 7th, 20103 comments

Growing your own garlic greens during the winter is an inexpensive way to feed two needs at once: a gardener’s need for growing and a cook’s need for something tasty.

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Heirloom seed popularity contest

Seed Savers Exchange, contributor | January 5th, 2010

Learn how we choose which seeds make it into our seed catalog - and find out what "old" seeds are "new" in the 2010 catalog.

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Southern Exposure Seed Exchange: Saving the Past for the Future

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | December 29th, 20091 comment

The Southern Exposure Seed Exchange is another catalog I wait for with bated breath. Like many of the seed companies I adore, they specialize in open-pollinated (mostly heirloom) seeds.

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Determining Your Soil Type

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | December 28th, 2009

Soil "type" is different than obtaining the specifics about minerals and nutrients found in individual soils through soil "testing". Soil type refers to the physical structure and texture of soil.

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Renee's Garden Offers Personal Touch

Jodi Torpey, contributor | December 23rd, 20092 comments

Renee Shepherd, founder of Renee’s Garden, goes to extraordinary lengths to offer gardeners high-quality vegetable, flower and herb seeds. She selects easy-to-grow varieties, tests them in her own trial garden and writes detailed instructions for planting and growing.

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The Advantages of Growing Backyard Produce

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | December 19th, 2009

The best reason to grow your own vegetables is because you can control what goes onto and into your food; plus produce doesn't get any fresher then traveling 24 feet from the garden to the kitchen.

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Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Keeps On Growing

Jodi Torpey, contributor | December 17th, 20093 comments

In 1998, long before the eat local movement took hold, Jere Gettle sent out his first Baker Creek Heirloom Seed catalog. Twelve years later his company continues the tradition of passing along old-fashioned seeds like generations of gardeners before him.

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Botanical Interests Grows Gardeners

Jodi Torpey, contributor | December 10th, 2009

Botanical Interests is a Colorado-based seed company whose beautifully illustrated seed packets contain much more than just seeds.

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Armchair Gardening Redux

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | December 6th, 2009

I know paper catalogs don't sound very earth-friendly. But armchair gardening is an old school practice grounded in the tactile experience. Hey, I didn't make the rules.

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Save Recycled Containers For Starting Spring Seeds

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | December 4th, 20093 comments

We're going to focus on two things here. The first one is saving money on a required gardening practice - seed starting. The second one is ignoring the fact that we're heading straight for deep winter and instead, thinking about spring. We're going to deny that we have have months on end of cold weather and sleeping plants.

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