Grow Your Own

Whether you love flowers, fruits, veggies, herbs, or all of the above, follow our step-by-step guides to growing them organically in the comfort of your own home.

How To Grow Potatoes In Containers And Buckets

Catherine Sherriffs

There’s nothing like the taste of a freshly harvested potato! It’s unlike anything you’ll get at the stores. And guess what? You don’t need a whole lot of gardening space to grow them. They do very well in containers!  You will need: Organic seed potatoes  Some 5 to 10-gallon buckets or containers Good soil Water…

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Looking For Seeds And Can’t Find Any? No Need To Panic

First, it was hand sanitizer. Then toilet paper. Then canned goods and other grocery items. Whether it was hoarding, not enough stock to begin with, or a combination of both – we’ve grown accustomed recently to seeing empty shelves in various sections of our local stores and ridiculous prices on certain items via online retailers.…
April 15, 2020
Jesse Singer
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Growing Purple Fruits And Vegetables In The Garden

The color purple is said to evoke many emotions, among them, peace, pride, creativity, and magic. It isn’t as common as other colors in nature, and so it’s also seen as exotic. Beyond the emotions purple makes us feel, eating the color also offers significant rewards!  Fruits and vegetables with purple or red pigments contain…
April 8, 2020
Catherine Sherriffs
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5 Easy Edible Plants You Can Grow At Home

Being able to grow some of your own food has always been a worthy goal. But in light of the current situation we all find ourselves in – isolated in our homes – the goal seems even more necessary these days.  However, necessary or not, many of us have thumbs that are as far from…
March 25, 2020
Jesse Singer

Plant A Seed Day Sheds Light On Pressing Global Issues

The 2020 edition of Plant a Seed Day takes place on March 19th, and people around the world are being encouraged to participate. Such a simple action can help solve critical problems. Access to affordable, nutritious food remains one of the world’s most pressing issues, and with the current spread of COVID-19, that has never…
March 16, 2020
Catherine Sherriffs

Featured Flower: Rare And Stunning Orchids On Display

Attention all orchid lovers! The 75th Annual Santa Barba International Orchid Show takes place this weekend, offering visitors a chance to admire rare and endangered blooms typically seen in native habitats of Central and South America, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Horticulturists and flower enthusiasts from around the world flock to the Earl Warren Showgrounds to…
March 13, 2020
Catherine Sherriffs