Years of gardening have taught me one thing for certain: to never rely on my memory of this year’s garden to help me plan for the next. I’m not referring to my long term memory. I can tell a argyranthemum from a leucanthemum in nothing flat. I can tell you if hypericum likes wet...
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The Radish- one of the fastest growing root vegetables your garden is likely ever to meet. Ready to serve at your dinner table in less than a month, the radish is also very popular for use in children’s gardens as something that promises results very quickly.
Did you know that radishes are related to both...
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I’m sure you’ve experienced them before…those delicate,delightful,wee little baby greens found in your salad at your favorite fancy restaurant. Microgreens they are called. Now with the wisdom shared in “MicroGreens;A Guide To Growing Nutrient-Packed Greens” (Eric Franks & Jasmine Richardson/Gibbs Smith 2010) you can learn how to grow your own for fun or even...
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Watermelons in Siberia?
If they can save seeds in Russia, imagine what we can do here?
The legendary Bill McDorman from Seeds Trust/High Altitude Gardens shares stories and techniques on
Thursday, August 19th, 6:00 – 8:00 pm, at the Sawtooth Botanical Garden,
11 Gimlet Road in Ketchum. $10 donation. For more info: belle@seedstrust.com
More Information:
GOING TO SEED – Summer Revival Tour
Sawtooth Botanical...
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August 22 · 12:00am – 11:30pm
Place: Your garden, your community, your country, your planet
Organize your own local event here:
http://www.meetup.com/World-Kitchen-Garden-Day
Kitchen Garden Day is an annual, decentralized celebration of kitchen gardens and delicious, home-grown foods. It started as a healthy rebuttal to “Snack Food Month” organized by the International Snack Food Association each February. The thinking...
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Feed The Need Garden
What we do:
We teach those in need how to become more self-sufficient by learning how to grow and preserve their own food through hands on gardening, farming and canning classes. We establish raised bed gardens throughout the community to help give back to the soup kitchens and food...
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One night, not too long ago, my children and I settled down for a little Beatrix Potter before bedtime. As we read about the scamperings of naughty rabbits and rooted for Benjamin Bunny and little Peter to escape Mr. McGregor’s garden, cabbages clutched in their furry little paws, I suddenly had a horrible moment...
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Consider the scenario. You have spent several years creating a garden of which Martha Stewart would be proud. You have planted. You have pruned. You have micro-managed. You have successfully made it through scores of bitter Januaries and scorching Augusts by slowly learning what works and what doesn’t. It’s been a long road, but...
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What?! ?? What do you mean? I can actually deer proof my garden..you know the garden that has nice vegetable plants and flowers in it that Bambi and all of his kin like to munch on… simply by planting more plants??
Yes, you can…really. But the key is in knowing exactly what types of plants...
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One of the things they never tell you in all the pretty gardening handbooks, as you are dragged deeper and deeper into this gardening lark, is that you may no longer go on vacation. Not for you summer trips to Yellowstone for two weeks or a cross-country tour to find the world’s largest ball...
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