“Composting is the easiest thing one can do to help your community. With a wealth of good soil you, your neighbors, and everyone else is stuck with the

“Do you know where your garlic comes from? One of the most important reasons to grow your own is to avoid toxic chemicals and irradiation (that inhibit sprouting

“Yesterday, some readers asked if I had any tips for growing great carrots, so I thought I’d share a few things that work well for me. I’m by

“In 1999, I created the first farmers markets in London, England. The first market opened with 16 farmers selling fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry, cheese, bread, plants and wine.

“The mushroom farming industry could use a few more good growers. Less than 300 growers produced last year’s U.S. crop. Amazingly, half of those mushroom farmers are located

“We harvested the plants with scissors, and after the season slowed down in 2009, we hand-threshed and weighed the wheat. Based on yields, we planted out the best

“Linen, a specially selected variety of the flax plant, grown for its long, unbranched stocks, is harvested 100 days after planting, before the seeds are fully ripe. The

“I was sitting out on the deck one day and noticed my neighbor, Erin, bringing food scraps to a long pipe in her backyard. I knew it had

“One of the tastiest treats from the garden has to be fresh pesto. With this goal in mind I planted some basil in my garden a couple of

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“My decision to grow lettuce vertically was based primarily on my adoption of a new, younger, dog. I really wanted to be able to harvest something from my

“In October of last year, I planted an heirloom wheat variety called Frassinetto. In this posting, I’ll let you know the results of this experiment as well as

“The peanut is a warm-weather perennial vegetable that requires 120 to 130 frost-free days to reach harvest. Sow peanuts in the garden 3 to 4 weeks after the

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“Radiant energy from the sun, the basis of life on Earth, can be captured and amplified by home gardeners for use as a soil pest-control tool. In a