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Why Common Chicory Is Perfect For The Edimental Garden

Edimental gardens include plants that look and taste good. Common chicory checks both of those boxes! Here’s all you need to know about this wild herb.

Delicious and Medicinal: Growing Edible Flowers in the Garden

Flowers and vegetables are the perfect companions, so why not make your blooms edible? Anne Gibson tells us which flowers are delicious and medicinal.

Relax and Unwind with These Great Gardening Books

If you love books and gardens, your two favorite worlds collide in this post. Catherine Sherriffs says these reads will make you a better grower.

How to Grow Mushrooms on Microwave Rice

Growing mushrooms at home doesn’t have to be high-tech and complex. Alex Field tells us it can be done using microwave rice, a grocery staple!

Testing 1,2,3: How to do a Seed Germination Test

If you’ve got some old seeds lying around and want to find out if they’re still good for the upcoming growing season, do this easy seed germination test!

Everything a Grower Needs to Know About Dissolved Oxygen

What’s dissolved oxygen? Everest Fernandez explains that understanding DO is vital for optimizing plant health in your grow room.

14 Benefits of Growing an Edible Perennial Garden

Edible plants that come back every year? Yes, please! Anne Gibson shares 14 reasons why you should grow a perennial garden.

How To Build A Home Mushroom Laboratory

Build a home mushroom laboratory with this DIY guide by Alex Field, using the still-air-box method for a clean and functional workspace.

Crop Rotation, Interplanting, and Companion Plants for IPM

Strive for a self-sustaining ecosystem in the garden with cultural practices like crop rotation and interplanting. Haley Nagaski reveals her IPM toolkit.

Mushroom Cultivation and the Problem with Pests

We love mushrooms for their medicinal properties; unfortunately, some pests like them, too! Andrea Keddy writes about pest problems mushroom growers face.

Good Growing Tunes: How Plants Respond to Music

Next time you listen to music, ask yourself whether your plants would enjoy that tune. Jennifer Cole explores curating the perfect plant playlist.

Spread a Love for Gardening with Little Seed Libraries

If you want to share your love for gardening with friends and neighbors, building a little seed library might be a perfect DIY project!

Garden Planning: A Guide To Good Seed Selection

A gardener reflects on that time she waited too long to order seeds and missed out on what she really wanted to grow. Consider these tips before seed shopping!

Bringing Back The Foods Of Yesterday

Home gardeners play a vital role in the fight against climate change and disappearing foods. Jennifer Cole tells us how we can bring back seeds from the past.

Isabel Openshaw

Isabel Openshaw has rediscovered her love for medicinal plants and connected with the ways of our ancestors and botanical folklore.

Louise ‘Loulou’ Sanders

What are your first recollections of gardening? Louise Sanders credits her Papa with planting the seeds of what has sprouted into a passion for growing veg.

GUSH Farm

Fresh, pesticide-free strawberries year-round? Yes, please! GUSH is an indoor vertical farm offering Montrealers ‘clean’ strawberries grown in the city.

Burns Blossom Farm

Kyle and Mel Burns love dirt! They’re committed to nurturing the soil and growing delicious, nutrient-dense food for the community of Chico, CA.

5 Cool Ways to Get a Head Start on Plant Problems

Gardens don’t grow without problems, but you can get a head start on battling pests and diseases! Catherine Sherriffs offers a list of preventative strategies.

Gardening Is Like Dating: A Guide To Plant Selection

When you think about it, gardening is not all that different from dating. In this article, Xavi Kief shares some tips on plant selection for a successful grow.

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