Can a garden feed a school? A Preschool Garden

When my son entered nursery school, we started to look for fun activities we could do with the class. Since my expertise is with gardening, we thought, “this school needs a garden.” When we proposed the idea, a few balked initially. Some thought, “they're too young… it’s too dirty.”

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The Botany of Pruning

It’s important to know something about how plants grow before you head for the garden armed with loppers and a saw. In a nutshell, pruning doesn’t just affect a plant’s size it affects the way a plant grows. If you have a little understanding of plant anatomy and...

Heirloom Potatoes with Apartment Therapy’s Kitchn

The potato is one of the most grown vegetables in the world. There are thousands of varieties and so many uses the world over, food writer Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan from the food blog Kitchn shares with us her favorite heirloom potato varieties and the best ways for you to explore their unique flavors.

Small Space Vegetable Gardening with blogger, Gayla Trail

Have you ever thought that you don’t have enough space to have a garden? Well, think again, you can grow delicious fresh tomatoes, beans, squash, and bountiful herbs. Best of all, you can do it in any small space. Gayla Trail, author of the popular book and website,...

How to Make a Homemade Grill

Learning how to build a grill can be an adventure that brings you back to the true roots of grilling. Believe it or not, you can actually build several grills with repurposed supplies found in any local hardware store. Below we share the steps for making a steel drum...

Creating a Rustic Log Planter

When we think of the Adirondacks we think of deep forest, rustic cabins and furniture. The Adirondack style celebrates the honesty of all-natural, local materials such as wood, twig, stone, and bark. Adirondack furniture typically uses every bit of the tree, from root and burl to bark and branch, with amazing and beautiful results. Embracing this concept in our gardens, we can find new uses for a fallen trees, branches, or stumps by creating a log planter.

How to Make a Spore Print

Notoriously tricky to identify, mushrooms share some similarities in shape, size and habitat. But the most important identifier for most is their spore color. So when trying to identify a mushroom accurately, you will need to make a “spore print”. Although mushrooms appear to be mostly shades of brown, you will be surprised to find that the spores come in a range of colors...