Weeds. What other plants are willing to grow in practically any soil to help cover and protect the ground? Mankind [...]
About Anni
Gardening for life, liberty, and happiness. I love running, hiking, being with my family, gardening, cooking (most especially the stuff we pick from our garden), and reading.Author Archive | Anni
Vegetable Garden in April
It’s April. This year has been tough and frustrating in a lot of ways already. The cold weather has persisted [...]
National bill introduced to require labeling of genetically modified foods
Good news on the GMO labeling fight! Read the press release as follows (from Senator Boxer’s site and Congressman DeFazio’s [...]
Garden Hop #6: Georgia’s Garden
April is proving to be quite an intense month. Between working in the garden, and fretting over the weather and [...]
Garden Hop #5: Seeds
Seeds. Some are as tiny as dust particles. Some are as large as coconuts. They’re an enclosed package, containing the [...]
Garden Hop #4 – Honey, Goat Milk, and Homegrown Eggs
(If you want to find a local source where you can get your own goat milk, cow milk, eggs, honey, [...]
Garden Hop #3 – Garden Successes and Failures… Already
So far the lemon balm and chia have been completely eaten away by something tiny and very hungry. I can’t [...]
Gardening at the Emergency Preparedness Fair
We were asked to run the Gardening Booth at the Emergency Preparedness Fair for Knox County, Tennessee last September. And [...]
Seminis/Monsanto Seeds & 2013 Seed Catalogs
There are literally DOZENS of seed catalogs to pick and choose from to fill your vegetable garden. I often end up [...]
Mulches: Types and Uses
Mulches are used as a soil covering, for a variety of reasons: Water preservation (moisture retention) Heat trapping Create pathways [...]
Garden Hop #2 and a Baby Lamb
We love to go visit other farms, orchards, and gardens. We’ve visited honeybee farms, cow farms (both conventional [ugh!] and [...]
Garden Dig #5: Seeds, Soil, and Giant Reeds
We waited for 2 days of dry weather to help dry out the garden before we sowed it. But then [...]
Garden Dig #4 – Worm Encounters
On Saturday while we were hilling and rowing, sowing & transplanting, we came across several worms. More than I thought [...]
Garden Hop #1
Welcome to the very first Garden Hop! We have had lots of request in the last 3 or 4 months [...]
Garden Dig #3 – Sowing and Transplanting
We’ve been planting our cold season crops outdoors. For 3 days. We thought we’d be done yesterday, but clay soil [...]
Achira (Edible Canna)
We are putting together a free e-book on edibles that can be cultivated in a typical garden, including both familiar [...]
Garden Dig #2 – Up Close and Personal
We have a lot of little seedlings coming up now. And I wanted to take good, closeup pictures of them. [...]
Garden Dig #1 – Building the Soil & a ‘Re-Purposed Pallet Picket Fence’
Welcome to our first Garden Dig post! We will have regular updates throughout the year about our experiences in gardening [...]
Richter’s
Website: http://www.richters.com/ Phone: 1-905-640-6677 Location: 357 Highway 47, Goodwood, ON L0C 1A0 Canada Richters. I love the variety that Richters adds to the seed [...]
Sand Hill Preservation Center 2013 review
Website: http://www.sandhillpreservation.com/ Phone: 563-246-2299 Location: 1878 230th Street, Calamus, Iowa 52729 Sand Hill Preservation Center is quite an amazing little company, to say the [...]
Monsanto vs. Bowman
Today the Supreme Court is spending 70 minutes hearing the case of Monsanto vs. Bowman. This case is undoubtedly going [...]
Terroir Seeds/Underwood Gardens
Website: http://www.underwoodgardens.com/ Phone: 888-878-5247 Location: Chino Valley, Arizona Terroir seed company was originally known as Underwood Gardens. It is currently owned [...]
Starting from seed
A lot of gardeners like to get a jump on the season by sowing seeds in pots indoors in early [...]
The Cook’s Garden 2013 Seed Catalog review
Website: http://www.cooksgarden.com/ Phone: 1-800-457-9703 Location: Warminster, Pennsylvania Varieties Purchased from Seminis A lot of the other seed catalogs I’ve received and [...]
Sow True Seed: A Gardener’s Review
Website: http://www.sowtrueseed.com Phone: 828-254-0708 Location: Asheville, NC Sow True Seed (STS) has become one of my absolute favorites in [...]
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Soil to Sun Series
Top Twelve Gardening Mistakes
Gardening Principles: Light
Organic Matter
Green Composts
Brown Composts
Green Manure as a Source of Organic Matter
Brown Manure as a Source of Organic Matter
The Roots of the Matter
Vermicompost & No-Till Gardening (No audio)
Mulches: Types & Uses (No audio)
