Springtime is officially here. Don’t think just because the weather is behaving more like winter than summer that you can’t do important gardening tasks. Now is the perfect time to assure your plants will be healthy, your garden lush and your vegetable production off the charts. Here are these five things: Carefully Select Vegetable Varieties Your local [...]
It’s time to think about how to maximize your garden’s harvest. Yes, it’s March, early spring, and that is the right time to get a few things done that can really boost vegetable production later on this growing season. Like the old saying goes “start out right and end up with lots of veggies” – [...]
March has arrived, and it’s time to get some of your summer garden plants into the ground. I’d love to simplify it and say “this, this and this” always works everywhere but it is not that simple. Appropriate plantings for March differ, depending on whether you’re living in North Dakota, the Deep South, or somewhere [...]
Composting your kitchen waste into healthy garden soil might seem complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. Here are a few simple tips to help your organic waste – food scraps, grass clippings or other yard and garden debris – decompose into nutrient-packed material to mix into gardening soil or use as a side dressing [...]
We don’t all live on farms or even have access to enough land to grow a decent size garden. Many of you do, but for many reasons, all the way from local government or homeowner’s association regulations to just having no idea how to get the ground tilled, fertilized and planted, don’t get in there [...]
Almonds are so delicious and nutritious, and they’re even more so when sprouted! Better yet, almonds’ nutritional value skyrockets when they come alive – when sprouted, almonds increase in B-complex vitamins as well as vitamin C. In addition to being about 25 percent protein, almonds contain lots of vitamin A and E as well as [...]
