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Bring on the winter season
Fall’s first frost — usually a mid-October event in my adopted central Illinois — waited until the last possible monthly moment — deep into Halloween night — to finally show winter’s white face.
Preserving our garden’s last stand
Growing up during the Depression era, Alan Guebert’s mother developed a hardness against waste. And so his family ate “the last of the garden,” regularly.
Checkoffs: More and more of the same
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, there now are federal commodity checkoffs for beef, blueberries, Christmas trees, cotton, dairy products, eggs, fluid milk, Hass avocados, “Honey Packers and Importers,” lamb, mango, mushrooms, paper and paper-based packaging, peanuts, popcorn, pork, potatoes, processed raspberries, softwood lumber, sorghum, soybeans and watermelons.
South Side Family Farms explores food justice through farming
At South Side Family Farms, Aaron Hopkins is mentoring Columbus youth in agriculture, and helping his community get access to fresh, affordable food.
Roundup of gardening news for July 12, 2018
Catch up on local gardening news in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Animal rightists, read no further
We should be able to agree that animal welfare is in society’s best interest, and agriculture’s best interest.
Homegrown herbs are healthier, but are a challenge to grow
By growing your own you never have to worry about freshness. You can just harvest and use. The challenges are really clear when you work with farmers interested in diversifying into the herb market.
How to build a cost-effective raised bed garden
The key to building a cost-effective raised bed garden is figuring out how much space you need in advance and maximizing the use of that space.
How to grow, harvest and preserve herbs for tea
Grow herbs for tea in a small section of your garden, in containers on a sunny window sill or in a companion planting arrangement with fruits and vegetables.
Square foot gardening can be fruitful
A funny, but prompting, story. My parents only live two houses away from me and my Dad puts out the most beautiful vegetable garden every year. The garden is definitely his pride and joy. Well, I was sitting on my pool deck and happened to look over at Dad’s garden (which he just got fully
