I love container gardening. As spring approaches, now is the time I get all my containers ready and even do some spring growing. Container gardening can be a solution to many problems, and is quite enjoyable. I am sure you Read More …
Category: Urban Gardening
Azospirillum Brasilense Bacteria (Azos) And Why Every Gardner Needs It.
Once again this is an example of how one must feed the SOIL not the plant. Nature has already thought of everything you need and provided it somehow, all you have to do is learn to restore what has been Read More …
Top 5 Reasons To Use Mycorrhizae, Friendly Fungi And Fabulous Friends For Gardeners
Do you want way to naturally and organically produce more food from your garden or farm. Well, nature provides. Mycorrhizae is a fungi that will rock the roots of most plants and show a HUGE gain in size and yield. In Read More …
I Never Knew That! -Sweetgum Balls
I Never Knew! You know, the super magical thing about the internet is that it can make you the bearer of almost instant knowledge on just about anything. This comes in handy when you hang out with kids. The ‘aha, Read More …
The Easiest Tomato Sauce You Will Ever Make
Do you have end-of-the-season tomatoes languishing on the counter like I do? This is the perfect way to use them up, and save them from going into the compost. The method also works well during the summer when you Read More …
Simple Steps for Saving Tomato Seeds
This is really so simple. I’ve included pictures for each step of the way, but don’t be intimidated; it takes so little effort! If you have heirloom tomatoes, and you want to keep growing them year after year without Read More …
Showing the Love for our Puny Potatoes
Check it out! We harvested our potatoes! Craig saw the above picture before he saw the actual potatoes. When he saw them in person, he started laughing. “Wow, those are some tiny potatoes. In the pictures they looked bigger, like…real potatoes.” Read More …
Use Your Blender for (Almost) Instant Compost
Here’s an interesting way to ‘compost’ your extra kitchen scraps! Found this over at Attainable Sustainable (a really cool site, check it out!). What if you don’t have a lot of space for composting? Your leftover salad greens, apple cores, Read More …
Yellow Does Not Become You
I’m talking to you, cucumbers. Pretty, but…. Yellow may look wonderful on our sunflowers and our pear tomatoes, and even on our yellow peppers. We always wanted to try yellow ‘green’ beans and are planning to try those Read More …
Lingering Promises
Summer is winding down and many of our plants are closing up shop. Frost will be right around the corner. We miss our green beans; they stopped producing a couple of weeks ago. Most of our herbs are looking Read More …