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Gardening Books For The Holidays And Beyond

Catherine Sherriffs

The holidays are for traditions, relaxing, and taking the time to do things you don’t always have the time to do; like reading! One of Garden Culture’s holiday traditions is putting a list together of our favorite gardening reads. Make it a New Year’s resolution to grab a copy and read your way to becoming…

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Kissing Under The Mistletoe: Fun Plant Facts

Have you ever wondered why holiday traditions have us kissing under the mistletoe? Here are a few fun facts about the plant decorating homes around the world this time of year.  What It Looks Like Mistletoe has smooth, oval evergreen leaves with clusters of small white, pink, or red berries, depending on the species. There…
December 20, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs

Beehaviors: The Waggle Dance (Part 1)

Last summer, we put our apiary through some major changes. We broke some “traditional” beekeeping rules and tested some new ideas. One of the chances we took was moving a colony from one hive to another, but only two meters away from the original one.  An old saying teaches beekeepers to move your hive less…

Martyna Król

Give The Gift Of Plants This Holiday Season

Homemade Seed Packets This gift takes some planning, but gardeners who think of doing it at the end of the growing season will undoubtedly spread some joy come the holidays. Who wouldn’t love receiving packets of seeds saved from your garden? Select seeds from a variety of plants that attract different pollinators to the yard.…
December 13, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs

5 Cool Ways To Use A Pumpkin After Halloween

Halloween isn’t complete without the perfect pumpkin! Around the world, many families continue the tradition of picking an orange squash, carving a face into them, and then, unfortunately, throwing them out. A 2018 study in the UK found that 8 million pumpkins go to landfills after Halloween. In the US, 1.3 billion pounds are thrown away,…
October 30, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs

#StoptheWaste Campaign Tackles Food Waste And Hunger

Celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern has created a recipe for a Thai Coconut Salmon Soup that uses salmon heads and other pieces of fish you would usually throw away. It’s his way of helping to fight the problem of food waste and world hunger. Zimmern takes parts of the fish that typically never make it onto…
October 10, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs