By Garrett Okrasinski Last year I planted a new rhubarb plant and excitingly awaited for it to grown large enough to make my favorite strawberry rhubarb pie. However, I was upset to hear that rhubarb take at least a year until it is large enough and producing beautiful stalks for consumption. So patiently I tended […]
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Ways to Jump Start Your Garden
Posted in Growing, tagged early gardening, garden hoops, remay on April 9, 2019 | Leave a Comment »
So what is all this rain doing to your garden loving heart? Are you just itching to get out and plant something? Well here are some ways to calm that itch through indoor seed starting, using Reemay floating row cover and setting up some plastic covered hoop beds. Now is a good time for cold season starts and, if […]
The Benefits of Getting Your Kids Hooked on Urban Farming
Posted in Growing, tagged urban farming with children on November 28, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
Guest post by Ali Clarke It is estimated that barely 5% of American children meet the requirements on exercise, sleep and screen time — with almost 30% falling short of all recommendations. Although children from all walks of life are falling prey to technological overloads, it is especially those living in some of the bigger cities across […]
How Urban Farms Can Become Buzzwords For Bee Conservation
Posted in Growing, tagged bees, pollinators on October 28, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
By Ali Clarke With bees pollinating 90% of the world’s flowering plant species, and therefore responsible for one third of the foods in our diet, the last decade or so of declining bee numbers is a real source of concern. In countries such as China, workforces are being employed to do the work of bees, at a […]
Time to Plant Garlic
Posted in Growing, tagged garlic, planting garlic, winter crop on October 17, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
Growing garlic is very easy and is a great thing to plant if you have big summer plans that are going to keep you out of the garden. There are softneck and hardneck varieties of garlic; the softneck grow best in a colder climate and are easy to braid. I usually do some of both. […]
Putting Your Garden to Bed
Posted in Growing, tagged cover cropping, overwintering your garden, putting garden to bed on September 29, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
With shorter days, cool winds and rainy weather it’s time to put part of my garden to bed for the winter. I am sad to let summer with its glorious brilliance go but the soil needs to rest and rebuild. I have a few plots planted with winter herbs and vegetables and will soon plant […]
Dahlias!
Posted in Growing on July 25, 2018 | 1 Comment »
These showy flowers are very easy to grow from tubers planted in the spring and they brighten up the mid-summer garden with amazing blooms. Thanks to The Garden Hotline for this great info: “Dahlias ARE edible! The petals from the flowers are delicious in salads. They taste like a sweet lettuce. They do not keep […]
Crazy Carrots
Posted in Growing, Uncategorized, tagged carrots, garden fails on July 24, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
By Garrettt Okrasinski Carrots are simply fun to grow. As the green stalks get bigger it fill my garden and my anticipation of chomping into a fresh carrot builds! Then I pull them and they are nothing like I imagined. This year my carrots are odd twisted and leggy looking. Oh well! The twists and […]
Uses for Love in the Mist
Posted in Growing on July 16, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
Along with having a beautiful name Love in the Mist or Nigella damascena has many other uses. This native to southern Europe self seeds prolifically so be ready to weed or put it in a place where it can run wild. With its deep jewel tones it’s easy to see how this flower has been popular […]
Time to Mulch
Posted in Growing on July 13, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
Doesn’t the word “mulch” have a great sound to it? It means to apply a layer of material to your soil to conserve water, prevent weeds and to increase the richness of your soil. Right now is a great time to do all of these things as the weather will be hot and dry for the next […]
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