How to Grow a Fall Salad Garden
Flowers And Gardens An Inspiration For Many Works Of Art
Besides providing people with helpful information on how to build a greenhouse and water harnessing systems, or what plants will make you happy, I’m also a photographer and digital artist – sometimes even using my photographs as the canvas for my art. Just like my life and interests are quite varied, so is my work! […]
Out In The Greenhouse: These Warm-Season Crops Will Thrive
…warm and cool greenhouses, so expect to enjoy them for months to come. EDITOR’S NOTE: These two resources are with me through all of my greenhouse growing ventures: The Greenhouse…
5 Reasons Why Your Flowers Might Not Be Blooming
So, you’ve done some planting. They are all getting sun, and you water them regularly. You even picked up a good fertilizer! But the flowers you expected to see haven’t bloomed! Here are five reasons why your flowers might not be there – all of which you can fix by making some small changes. And […]
Drink Up: Making Nutrient-Rich Compost Tea For The Garden
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Hunkering Down: Check Out These Garden-Themed Movies
Depending on where you live, all this time at home doesn’t mean you can spend time working in the garden. Where I am, the cooler climate means we can’t plant most crops for a while yet. But that doesn’t mean you can’t sit back and enjoy a good movie about a garden. So, here are […]
Get Your Victory Garden Growing With This Planner
There is no better time to start a garden than in a global pandemic. It’s a great excuse to go outside and get fresh air and sunshine, you ease the burden on the struggling global supply chains, and you get food. There are a lot of new gardeners out there, and starting from scratch can […]
Industry Insider: Good Deeds By Emerald Harvest
Over the last several weeks, we’ve heard of many different companies stepping up to join the battle against COVID-19. Hockey visor makers are now designing shields for cashiers at grocery stores, and breweries and hydroponic companies are making much-needed hand sanitizer. Washing your hands with soap and warm water for 20 seconds is the best […]
How To Be A Plant Whisperer
Sometimes we spend too much time and money on activities for little reward. One thing we should all be doing more of is spending time with our plants.
Plants have an incredible knack of giving back what you have put in. Spend as little time with your plants as you can, and they will present you with pest, disease, and deficiency issues throughout their lives.
How You Can Celebrate The 50th Annual Earth Day
Fifty years ago today, 20 million Americans took to the streets to demand better for our planet. It was April 22nd, 1970, and Earth Day was born. Fast forward five decades and the coronavirus pandemic means there will be no mass gatherings, but we can still celebrate all the same! This year’s theme is climate […]
Edible Weeds: Purslane Packs A Nutritious Punch
With the arrival of spring, it’s only a matter of time before weeds pop up everywhere. While many gardeners consider them to be undesirable, most are nutritious and delicious foods. In these times of uncertainty, it’s reassuring that we can find food sources outside of a grocery store. Purslane, Portulaca oleracea is one edible weed […]
COVID-19: A Planetary Reset Button?
“May you live in interesting times” is a phrase I have read more lately than ever before. Said to be an ancient Chinese curse (published in my adopted county’s own Yorkshire Post), it implies that ‘uninteresting’ times are peaceful and tranquil, while the ‘interesting’ ones are those of troubles. Indeed, these days are interesting. Nothing […]
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. […]
Diving For Treasure: The Ugly Truth About Dumpsters
In the dark of the night, Cameron Macleish grabs his flashlight and crate, ready to carry out his work. He stops his van and approaches a large dumpster, hurdling himself over the edge and into the pile of trash inside. While many people would look on in horror, Cameron knows there’s a good possibility he’ll […]
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 […]
Feeding Cities with Urban Farms
We are currently witnessing one of the greatest migrations of all time as an imposing mass of people leaves rural areas believing that they can improve their life by living in cities. Currently, 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas and, according to the United Nations, this proportion will reach 68% in 2050. […]
Give Me A Break: Virtual Garden Tours Help Ease Stress
Working from home has its perks, but for many of us, social distancing and self-isolation can be challenging. Even if we do go out, most parks, public, and community gardens are closed. So why not take a 15-minute work break and take a virtual garden tour? Studies are showing that plant therapy can help reduce […]
Growing A Rainbow In The Garden For Health And Happiness
