Guest post by Jami Scholl, My Edible Eden LLC
July seems an odd time to begin keeping a garden journal. Just as tomatoes are beginning to ripen on the vine, a few pickings of green beans have already been eaten for dinner, and the lettuces, peas and spinach seem a distant memory; we tend to think [...]
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Happy Independence Day! In our neck of the woods, it’s a holiday often celebrated with fireworks, parades, and patriotic bunting along with a barbecue (perhaps featuring some fresh green beans from the garden and maybe a couple of tomatoes if we really got a head start on our gardens this spring). It’s also a time [...]
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One of our biggest goals here at Nature’s Crossroads is encouraging people to garden, especially children. We love seeing people grow food for themselves and for others in their community. With that in mind, we created a garden sponsorship program where we donate seeds to charitable gardening projects like school gardens, community gardens, food pantry [...]
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Guest post by Dave Parsons of Real Compost.
Composting is a hot topic and should be! It can cut atmospheric CO2 and methane by reducing landfill waste, can reduce the use of fossil-fuel based fertilizers and nitrate runoff and can capture carbon from the atmosphere and put it in the soil. And this happens as we [...]
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Guest post by Nathan Harman of the Bloomington Permaculture Guild.
Does the term“lasagna garden” conjure up tomatoes, savory herbs and zucchini? Well, it’s not actually named for WHAT it grows, but HOW it’s grown.A lasagna garden is built with repeating layers of organic matter that eventually decompose, forming a thick layer of luscious soil. It [...]
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Give your kids a love of gardening by teaching them it can be fun (and tasty and nutritious). Here are a few simple projects to try and some ideas of themed gardens to please the finickiest of eaters.
Grow a Square Watermelon
Can you really grow a square watermelon? Yes, you can, if you have a little [...]
Guest post by Jami Scholl of My Edible Eden
At the beginning of spring, temperatures warm and I notice lengthening daylight hours, cloud cover begins to lessen. It is at this time the desire to go outdoors strengthens to a crescendo. Where once the entire earth to be seen outside the door appeared barren, green leaves [...]
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