George Ball, chairman of W. Atlee Burpee & Co., one of the largest seed companies in the U.S., recently called for replacing the current national flower, the rose, with a new one, the sunflower. [click to continue…]
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From the monthly archives:
June 2009
This type of business is sprouting up all over the U.S. It goes by different names: garden coaches, personal gardeners, garden trainers, garden gurus or garden consultants. In all areas of the country, unlike the rest of the economy, this type of business is booming. [click to continue…]
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HABESHA Gardens in Atlanta is in the neighborhood known as Mechanicsville, one of high crime and unemployment. It also doesn’t have a grocery store in the neighborhood. So some residents started Helping Africa By Establishing Schools at Home and Abroad (HABESHA) as a way to empower the youth and the poor in the area. [click to continue…]
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A Maine gardener, has calculated that in his 1,600 square foot garden, his tomatoes, potatoes, zucchini, salad greens or strawberries, saved him $1,200 if he had purchased those items in a grocery store all growing season. [click to continue…]
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Shopping for gardening supplies in a retail hydroponic store can be stressful enough for backyard gardeners, what with the stigma of society’s assumption of the type of plants you are growing by shopping there, but this incident at the Alameda County Hydroponics store makes it downright dangerous.
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In a recent newspaper article, Ann Lovejoy, a gardening guru of the Pacific Northwest, says deep mulching leads to victory over weeds. I agree with her, that deep mulching controls common weeds… but I have several varieties of grass (no not the smoking kind) that send runners out like bamboo that are impossible to control with mulch, no matter how much I put on. [click to continue…]
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I talk to my plants regularly, especially when first putting them into the ground. But it turns out, they may not be listening to me ’cause I am a guy… [click to continue…]
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Step by step instructions on how to build and install self watering upside down Earthbox type containers on your patio. There is no waste run off of the irrigation water to the plants. Aesthetics aside, they seem to work pretty well for growing veggies upside down.
Photo credit: The Instructables.com
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Hydroponics Dictionary
