I love vertical gardening — it’s an easy way to plant a lot of things in a small footprint, as well as add a dramatic focal point in the garden. Vertical gardening products are all the rage these days — there are wall planters, stacked planters, hanging planters, and rail planters. I’ve used many different […]
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Every fertilizer package, whether it is organic fertilizer, such as Jobe’s Organics, or a synthetic fertilizer, has a label that gives information about the contents of the package. In many industries, you learn that “the label is the law,” and it is. Labels tell how to properly use fertilizer—if it needs to be diluted, whether […]
Read More →How to Read a Fertilizer Label
I don’t know if there’s anything you could grow in a garden that’s more satisfying than fruit. I mean, anyone who’s ever grown edibles usually grows the staples – green beans, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes – and fresh veggies are deliciously superior, but not everyone grows fruit.
Read More →That fruit is mine! (Birds, I’m talking to YOU.)
It seems like we just wrapped up spring and summer has barely started, but I’ll bet you’ve been harvesting lots of goodness from the veggie garden. Fresh salads have been a mainstay on our dinner table for some time now.
Read More →Summer Crops – Second Season
In our hardiness zones (7 & 8) we can grow a few citrus plants in the ground (Satsuma oranges), but if we want them to live and bear fruit, they mostly have to grow in pots that can be brought indoors when temperatures drop below freezing. There’s a long history of this type of gardening.
Read More →How to Grow Container Citrus Plants
Do you want to know the number one secret to growing great tomatoes? Ready?
Read More →Let’s Talk Tomatoes
The simplest description of yard sharing is this: several people or families coming together to grow food, fruit, and flowers in a single yard (or effort). Yard sharing is similar to a community garden, but with different parameters.
Read More →Yard Sharing: Planting a Neighborhood Garden
On our small farm we grow vegetables, flowers, fruit, nuts, and this year we’re putting in flower fields as a business. It’s been an interesting adventure and I’ll spare you the minute details. Just know that growing flowers for wholesale is a completely different ballgame than growing for just one family’s pleasure.
Read More →This Garden is Getting Serious
New gardeners often ask me how it’s possible that the flowers, vegetables, fruit, and herbs grown here at our farm are 100% organic. Most people ask because they are interested in how they can avoid synthetic chemicals in their own gardens.
Read More →8 Strategies to Successful Organic Gardening
A few years ago, I saw pictures for a gutter garden online. I was instantly smitten with this industrial vertical planter — first, because I love repurposing materials; and second, because I’m always looking to add dimension to my garden with vertical elements. So recently, we decided to create our own version of the Gutter […]
Read More →DIY SUCCULENT GUTTER GARDEN