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...

How do you engage a dozen young people …or 100 young people …in an exciting learning experience in your growing space? Here are some tips for working with youth.

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...

Tools like this are important to small plot farmers. Time is our most precious resource for harvesting the largest yield and getting it out of the field quickly and into a cool bath so it stays fresh. More to come from Spirit of Walloon soon!