The Onion: Slow and Steady Brings Out Sweetness
by Gina Lorubbio (This is part of a series of food stories I was lucky enough to get Gina to write for the site.) It’s February. The trees are bare, the air is chilled, and the days are short. It’s…
Organic Gardening Blog
When Gardening Organically, You Need To Think Differently
We don’t know exactly how life on earth got started. Some people believe God created it all about 10,000 years ago. Others believe it evolved – starting 3.5-4 billion years ago – as bacteria, microscopic organisms that are composed of…
The ‘Quickie’ Organic Gardening Video Series
A couple of months ago I shared with you my garden checklist of 17 things you can do in your garden this year. These things will improve the fertility of your soil and the health of your plants, which will…
My Checklist For Growing Nutrient-Dense Organic Food
I’m really excited to finally share with you my checklist of things you can do in your garden this year in order to ensure your fruits and vegetables provide you with as much nutrition as possible. I go through the whole…
Some really interesting information about plant pests
Plants manufacture various ‘compounds’ as they grow, some being simpler to make and others being more complex. I explain more in the video (or if you prefer reading, feel free to scroll down to the article below)…
Why so many gardeners struggle
A couple of days ago I talked about my recent run-in with the flu. (Thanks by the way for the emails and the comments – I’m feeling much better, just still have some weight to gain back and some bags…
I really messed up this past year…
I had so much going on in my life over the last year that I didn’t devote much time to my garden. And that means this winter, I have hardly any truly nutritious food to eat. And THAT is one…
Low Maintenance Plants That Are Especially Useful
My elderberry flowering white over my left shoulder. It’s pretty tricky to make a list of low maintenance plants when your readers live all around the world. But I wanted to have a go at it anyway because it’s winter…
The Whole System Approach Of Biointensive Gardening
Here’s a quick review of biointensive gardening. The 8 steps are to:
Using Open-Pollinated Seeds And Starting Them Indoors
When you purchase hybrid seeds, it generally means that plant breeders took two different, yet related varieties of plants and cross-pollinated them in order to create a plant with improved characteristics.
Companion Planting In Biointensive Gardening
Companion planting means placing plants together that grow well together (and may even help each other out), while avoiding placing plants together where one inhibits the other. The companion planting charts you can find online and books shouldn’t be treated…
Intensive Planting – Get More Plants In The Same Area
Biointensive gardening advocates for intensive planting. When you position your plants close together, you can grow more food in a smaller area. Plus, the plants will blanket the soil, decreasing weed growth, erosion, and soil evaporation.