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Beyond The Garden

Live your best life! Learn about the different things you can do with your harvest, the latest healthy lifestyle trends, and ways you can make an impact outside of the garden.

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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 …

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 …

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 …

Environmental Wake-Up Call: Getting Back To Our Roots

It’s something that needs to be discussed, and yet so many people remain silent.  Mental health knows no boundaries and …

How To Grow A Healthy Society

Society is heavily influenced by narrative and incentive.   The stories that we tell can be a means of turning our …

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, …

Cannabis and Chronic Pain: The Endorphin Connection

Written by Chris Matich Humans have used cannabis for pain relief for a thousand years, but only recently have we …

#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 …

All-Natural Allergy Relief

Put your hand up if you suffer from seasonal allergies. Tired of popping pills to control the gamut of symptoms, …

Can Mushrooms Save the Bees?

The bees are dying and in massive numbers, a tragedy, given their importance to the ecosystem. It is estimated that …

Gardening Offers Plenty of Physical Benefits Through Exercise

There’s no denying that gardens are great for us! From the proven mental health benefits to the many calories burned …

Detox with Fruit And Fasting

We might live longer, but do we live better? The developed world eats more than ever, and yet, we grow …

Ask a Tomato Expert: Q & A With Jason Johns

The Garden Culture team recently came across a book for anyone as intrigued by growing tomatoes as we are. It’s …

Hazo Rolling Papers A Company With A Social Conscience

The things Kyle St-Hilaire saw while visiting Madagascar in 2016 are just part of the inspiration behind his unique Canadian brand of rolling papers. He was exploring the island off the southeast coast of Africa after being offered a job with a mining and pharmaceutical company; only there was no way he could accept it. Not after what he had seen.

The ABC’s Of Natural Beekeeping

As I’m about to write this blog, my last stare of procrastination falls on the perfect smelling flowers of my …

Nature Can Make Us Happier, Healthier, and Smarter

There is something to be said for exchanging four walls and a smartboard for the outdoors. Nature, after all, is …

The United Nations Debates Cannabis

Inside the walls that represent all flags, during the 62nd Commission of Narcotic Drugs (CND) at the UN, there was a buzz going around about cannabis. It was a predictable tee-off between cannabis the killer (and arrest those who use it) versus cannabis the medicine (and regulate its use). From the criminalized Filipino—Russian side to the legalized Uruguayan—Canadian side of the spectrum, it defined nations united by divided views on cannabis.

Edibles, Education, Innovation, And Pride At Lift&Co Cannabis Expo

There was a certain energy at the Lift&Co Cannabis Expo in Toronto, Canada this weekend: one of great excitement and …

Plant An Extra Row In The Garden To Help Feed The Hungry

A fruit and vegetable patch is usually a very well thought out space; gardeners devote a lot of attention to …

Korean Natural Farming: Master Cho Biography

Korean Natural Farming (KNF) is a relatively new movement in the growing scene. It has quickly built up a draft of followers all keen to capitalize on the natural world around them and enhance the soil food web already present in their soil. Every giant redwood starts as a tiny seed, and KNF is possibly the best representation of this analogy in the current agricultural climate.

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