Some trays, seed starting mix, seeds, a couple good lights and you have yourself non-stop salad mix for the winter. Make sure you're watering each day! Don't let those seeds dry out.
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5 Garden Tips to Maximize Tomato Harvest
Your harvest techniques and plant care for mature tomato plants affects your bounty as well as the taste of your tomatoes. Get the most from your tomato plants before fall sets in (or whenever tomato plants are dying).
Exciting Garden Data: Three Lessons from Weighing Harvest Weekly
Organic Gardening is about working with the patterns of mother nature. Your garden data holds important insights into those trends. Recording your harvest weekly in a log each year will help you make decisions about what you want to grow and how you can improve.
Root Barrel Washer – Saving time washing root vegetables [Farm Hack]
John Dindia of Spirit of Walloon Farm shares how he constructed his Root Barrel Washer, what it's good for (and NOT good for), and how it saves time on his farm.
How to Make Garden Harvest Bouquets
Flowers are food for the soul. Collect flowers, herbs and vegetables from your garden and create beautiful bouquets. These bouquets are very functional as well, preserving your harvest so your herbs & veggies are fresh when you cook them. Enter your garden...
Quick Video – Drip Irrigation Systems for Garden Beds
Discover the components of a drip irrigation system and how to put them together. For less than $100 USD and a couple hours of your time, you can completely automate your garden watering (as long as you remember to recharge the batteries on your timer!). Check out...
Overhead Hose Trolley for Small Gardens & Greenhouses
Would you mind watering the garden everyday if there was an overhead hose trolley in place? While you’d probably like to find ways to eliminate watering plants all together… sometimes you need to water. Here’s how to deal with heavy hoses that kink and trip you...
Does Gardening Provide Independence?
This is not my usual how-to video. When a whole nation celebrates independence, I have to take a moment to consider whether it's worth celebrating as an idea. Spoiler Alert: I have mixed feelings.
How many “Greens” plants does it take to feed you? (Swiss chard, kale, collards, etc)
You can grow a large portion of your diet in a very small space. Check out my favorite meal (consists of 50% greens), and how much space you need to grow this meal for yourself. Please comment: what greens are a big part of your diet and what are you growing?
My Dinosaur Sat on My Shitake: Help us bring this children’s book to life!
Last winter, we published My Dinosaur Ate My Broccoli and we were (temporarily) a #1 Bestseller on Amazon. We have story-boarded the next two books in the series: My Dinosaur Sat on My Shitake AND My Dinosaur Farted in My Greenhouse. Learn more & grab your copies:...
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How to Choose the Right Garden Method for Your Lifestyle
You've probably noticed it already. Some gardeners seem to harvest abundantly while genuinely enjoying their time in the garden, while others work twice as...












