Tag: gardening
Square foot gardening can be fruitful
A funny, but prompting, story. My parents only live two houses away from me and my Dad puts out the most beautiful vegetable garden...
Try growing forgotten foods
n 2011 Blackberry Meadows Farm started Heritage Seed Co., the first and only seed bank in the southwestern Pennsylvania region focusing on providing local growers with seeds for heirloom varieties of plants native to the region.
New plant hardiness zone map released
WASHINGTON -- The USDA recently released the new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map, updating a useful tool for gardners and researchers for the first time since 1990 with greater accuracy and detail.
Adding wood ash to your garden can be beneficial
Because wood ash has a fine particle size, it reacts rapidly and blends completely into the soil. Although small amounts of nutrients are applied with wood ash, the main effect is that of a liming agent.
Horticulturist suggests creating a backyard trellis for growing grapes
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. -- Good fences make for good neighbors, especially if the fence provides fresh, homegrown fruit every year.
School garden grant program gives students hands-on gardening skills
AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Kids Foundation, in partnership with FoodCorps, is accepting online grant applications for the School Garden Grant Program, which aims to help schools grow students' relationships with food through gardening.
