Mother Earth News Horticulture Therapy: Gardening As a Cure for Our AilmentsMother Earth NewsNothing feels quite like being outside and working with your hands in the soil and with plants. The type of garden does not really matter; it could be a vegetable garden, flowerbed, fruit tree orchard, or water garden. It seems that the […]

Mother Earth News 'Orange Jazz' is an Excellent New Beefsteak TomatoMother Earth NewsIn fact, the difference in quality between the best and the worst beefsteak tomatoes, in our community garden plot, was striking. Early on, it didn't really matter to me that over two-thirds of the beefsteaks I grew were quite mediocre, flavor-wise … Brought […]

Mother Earth News Make Raised Garden Beds with LogsMother Earth NewsIlene White Freedman operates House in the Woods organic CSA farm with her husband, Phil, in Frederick, Maryland. The Freedmans are one of six 2013 Mother Earth News Homesteaders of the Year. Ilene blogs about making things from scratch, putting up … Brought to you by […]

Why garden organically?Drayton Valley Western ReviewMuch has been written about organic gardening over the years. In 1947, R.I. Rodale started the Rodale Institute in Pennsylvania. His commitment to the concept of all things organic was strong and his persuasiveness so great that Mr. Rodale, and later … Brought to you by Google News. Read the […]

Pitchcare The benefits of organic gardeningPitchcareWhen it comes to growing your own food, you want to consume the healthiest produce and ensure that you are continuing the safest practices possible. This is why organic gardening and the techniques associated with it are so important in our day and age. Brought to you by Google News. […]

Mother Earth News Market Gardening: How to Make a Living on 1.5 AcresMother Earth NewsWe even named our farm Les Jardins de la Grelinette after la grelinette (“broadfork”), a tool that epitomizes efficient hand labor in organic gardening. We've always believed that it's possible — even preferable — to intensify production through … Brought to […]

Mother Earth News Beautiful Vegetable Portraits: Lynn Karlin's Pedestal SeriesMother Earth NewsGardeners are inspired to grow their own vegetables for a variety of reasons: food purity, food security, family and cultural traditions, fresh flavors, stress relief, improved nutrition, and many more. Our tomatoes grow sweet with lip-smacking flavor … Brought to you by Google News. […]

Mother Earth News Growing Arugula and Turnips for the TableMother Earth NewsPrepare a fertile soil rich in organic matter, and then, as soon as the ground can be worked, sow turnip seed directly in the garden in rows 12 inches apart. Cover the bed with floating row cover at planting time to protect the foliage […]

Gwinnett Citizen Organic gardening: facts and fictionGwinnett CitizenAn important topic of interest to home gardeners is organic gardening. Many people have a desire to 'get back to nature'. However, there exist many misconceptions on organic gardening. Organic gardening is the process of using a multitude of techniques … Brought to you by Google News. Read […]

Organic garden, with chickens, coming up in MorningsideSo Md NewsIt's designed to teach young people and adults how to grow their own vegetables and fruit organically — organic means no chemicals, just using nature to produce nature, in other words, “nature's order.” This kind of gardening can be educational and … Brought to you by […]