Gardens often ask me to review their garden spaces and give them recommendations. Take this quick tour with me as I talk through the plant spacings of one person’s garden.

Can you create a closed loop and turn all the organic matter in your area into precious compost for your garden? How much do you need each year to improve soil fertility and how big does your compost bin need to be to support your garden activities. Spoiler Alert: for...

Growing Zone Maps are good for telling you average low temperatures during winter, but there are other factors that play into your local temperatures. What other information do you need to know whether your vegetable crops will survive?

This is a garden hack for conserving water while growing food in beach sand. It's essentially a form of container gardening.

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I am very passionate about composting, and it’s common for me to visit people who do NOT compost. Here's one strategy to try a science experiment in your friend's or family's house, do a little composting, and share some composting information with them as...

Over the years of teaching people how to grow food, I started to realize what sets apart a green thumb grower is not necessarily skills or wisdom, but her habits. Yes, there's all sorts of science to learn, but who successfully grows lots of food? What habits do they...

If you’re growing food, here’s 6 tips to start planning now for a great harvest next season. You want to be ready to get your seeds and transplants in the ground as soon as temperatures are warm enough next spring.

Sprouts are fast, delicious, nutritious and fun to grow, but there is a chance that you could accidentally grow some unwanted bacteria as well. Learn how to keep your growing conditions safe. Average Soaking time and days to harvest: Alfalfa 8-12 hours soak / 5-6 days...

Whether it's your first year growing food or you're an experienced vegetable grower, it's important to record the season in a way that allows you to make decisions about what to grow in the future. Are you getting maximum yield from your growing space? How do you...