Can You Compost Straw – Is It Safe To Put Straw In Compost
Compost is one of those free gardening items that you can make yourself. All you have to do is follow a few rules regarding what to put in your compos...
An Overview On Growing Cucumbers for New Gardeners: Feeding & Watering Frequency, Containers & More!
I cover basic planting, fertilizing, watering, mulching, containers, bush cucumbers, leaf removal, succession planting, back-up plants and more. This ...
Harvesting Kohlrabi – Everything You Need To Know
Harvesting kohlrabi may sound intimidating, but it’s actually very easy. In this post, I’ll show how to tell when they are ready, the best way to ...
July gardening tips courtesy of the Acton Club – Wicked Local
July gardening tips courtesy of the Acton Club  Wicked Local...
Ritesh Raj Sarraf: Plant Territorial Behavior
This blog post is about my observations of some of the plants in my home garden. While still a n00b on the subject, these notes are my observations an...
Maine Lobster Roll Recipe
A Maine lobster roll lets the flavor of the lobster shine. Chilled lobster meat is lightly dressed with mayo, salt, and pepper, and piled into a toast...
GEOGRAPHIC DISPATCH #3: Slow Food
The Geographic Dispatch critically examines issues in our global food system in ways that transcend space and place. The exceptional drought in Cali...
Agricultural Commodities Supercycle Predicted: How Will You Prepare?
It might be time to make some dietary changes…. by Joanna Miller via The Organic Prepper Inflation is here, and with it the possibility of an agricu...
How to grow African violets
African violets are compact, pretty house plants that produce clusters of jewel-like flowers on and off throughout the year. They have soft, velvety g...
How to grow Stipa tenuissima
Stipa tenuissima, now officially known as Nassella tenuissima, is a compact, evergreen ornamental grass. It has upright clumps of airy silver green fo...
How to grow ZZ plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia)
The ZZ plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia) not only has glossy, upright evergreen foliage that looks good in virtually any location, it’s also one of the...
Hardy Hibiscus: How to plant and grow this tropical-looking perennial
Do you love the look of tropical hibiscus but hate having to toss the plant on the compost pile at… READ MORE » The post Hardy Hibiscus: How to...
Novel practices of indoor, urban and vertical farming set to grow
‘Urban’, ‘vertical’, and ‘indoor’ are not words usually associated with farming but that looks set to change as two farming-related organi...
Hardy Hibiscus: How to plant and grow this tropical-looking perennial
Do you love the look of tropical hibiscus but hate having to toss the plant on the compost pile at… READ MORE » The post Hardy Hibiscus: How to...
Crops will need soil moisture to fight extreme heat
There’s no doubt that the heat forecasted for this week will have adverse effects on crops throughout the Prairies, but the full extent of how badly...
How to grow asparagus ferns
Asparagus ferns have airy and delicate foliage that looks like the leaves of asparagus but arches gracefully, like a fern – hence their name. Theyâ€...
How to grow leucanthemum
Shasta daisy, Leucanthemum x superbum is a long-time gardeners’ favourite. It’s named after the snow-white peak of Mount Shasta, in California, wh...
Hit Hard By Drought, Farmers Get Creative
Regenerative agriculture won’t stop climate change. But it could mitigate the effects of extreme weather....