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Drink Up: Making Nutrient-Rich Compost Tea For The Garden

Catherine Sherriffs

Enjoying some tea in the garden sounds like a zen way to spend a morning or afternoon; why not offer your plants the same treat? Making compost tea for your plants is an excellent way to boost the growing season!  Compost tea is what it sounds like: compost in liquid form. Make this plant feed…

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Common Decorative Plants That Are Also Edible

Ever wonder why you see so many old homesteads with plants like daylilies, hostas, and lilacs? While these flowers certainly have a natural beauty, they are also valuable in ways modern society tends to ignore. Believe it or not, many ‘decorative’ plants are also edible! Important Disclaimer  As with any wild foraging, always research the…
July 1, 2020
Tom Wall

Drink To Your Health By Growing A Green Smoothie Garden

Green smoothies are a delicious way to get your daily dose of fruits and veggies. Super versatile, you can put whatever you want into them and drink them as a meal replacement or healthy snack. So why not find some space on your balcony or in the yard for a green smoothie garden? The concept…
June 26, 2020
Catherine Sherriffs

Spread Some Cheer By Growing These Mood-Boosting Plants

In a recent study, researchers determined that the gift of flowers made women happier than other gifts of equal cost. And while this is a study that all men should take note of, I wanted to get more specific with this post (and gender-neutral). So, here are a few plants and flowers to have around…
June 24, 2020
Jesse Singer

Easy DIY: How To Test Your Soil pH

Playing the role of a mad scientist is always fun, and there are plenty of experiments you can do that will help you learn a little bit more about how your garden grows! Here’s an easy DIY test that will tell you what your soil’s pH levels are.  Soil pH is important because it promotes…
June 19, 2020
Catherine Sherriffs

Build Your Own Rainwater Collecting System

When it comes to gardening, you’ve probably thought about the garden, the soil, and the type of plants you want to grow, but what about the water? Gardening and lawn care use a lot of water, and that can end up being wasteful, which brings us to the awesomeness that is a rainwater harnessing system.…
June 17, 2020
Jesse Singer

How Mushrooms And The Mycelium Network Are Healing The World

Plants have been around for a long time; 700 million years to be exact. But fungi have been on Earth longer, making the first appearance on land 1,300 million years ago. Interestingly enough, the largest living organism in the world today is a honey fungus that measures 2.4 miles (3.8 km) in the Blue Mountains of Oregon. 
June 15, 2020
Rich Hamilton

Out In The Greenhouse: What To Expect When Building Your Sanctuary

If you’ve been thinking about building a greenhouse in your backyard but still haven’t pulled the trigger, I have one piece of advice for you: do it. If you’ve already decided to go ahead with the project, this should give you a general idea of what to expect as you build your sanctuary.  We purchased…
June 12, 2020
Catherine Sherriffs

Gardeners And Artists Have Much In Common

Sometimes, I feel like being a gardener is much like being an artist. The more I think about it, the more similarities I see between the two.  Like an artist, a gardener must try to mentally visualize their work in completion long before the work has even begun.  Like an artist, the gardener must draw…
June 10, 2020
Kyle L. Ladenburger

Veteran Grows Medicine As Alternative To Prescription Drugs

To any person walking by, Steve walks and talks normally. But those people cannot see the scars that he carries – both emotionally and physically – beginning with a 5-inch wound on his back where an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) blew through him while he was serving as a 12B Combat Engineer in 2008. The blast almost ended his life.
June 8, 2020
Liz Perry

Giving Your Plants An Edge With Mycorrhizae

Home growing and gardening is one industry that is booming during “lockdown” as people look to fill their time, relax, and supplement their food supplies.  Seed sales are up, and gardening forums and websites have all seen an increase in queries for tips and best practices in the garden.  If you’re looking for a product…
June 5, 2020
Rich Hamilton

Growing Food In A Micro Garden Something Everyone Can Do

While communities and countries are starting to talk about the gradual reopening of the economy, I think we all understand that it will be quite a while before things get back to “normal.” The normal we eventually get back to might never be the same as it was before all this. And with that in…
June 3, 2020
Jesse Singer