The food we are growing in the world today is not as nutrient dense as it was 30 years ago and according to some researchers, it is declining at a rapid rate. This is due to our growing conditions. We are trying to grow more food per acreage to feed more people. Our soils…
Tag: organic food growing
Grow your own from seed
When you learn to grow from seed your plants, you are no longer dependent on what the local nursery/garden center sells each season. A whole new variety of annual/perennial edible foods can be grown right where you live in the city. I grow all my annual vegetables, herbs and flowers from seed and do not…
Grow your food with flowers and herbs in a cottage style or potager garden right in the city
Grow your food with your flowers In the city, we don’t have a lot of space to work with so what better approach then to mix leafy edibles in containers or garden beds around our homes.If you want to start growing more organic vegetables in the city, you need to look at your lot as a…
Spring without strawberries can you imagine?
I can’t! We are now into summer, and our strawberries are starting to wane.They are one of the first plants in spring to leaf out and fill their bed. I can hardly wait when I see the strawberry plants spreading across the ground. Here, is my first strawberry patch that was inspired by others in…
We need to see our plants the way our native pollinators do and wall to wall lawn carpet is not too inviting! My lawn is an accent rug is yours?
My lawn used to be “wall to wall carpet” but today it is just an “area rug.“ (terms taken from a lecture on Eco-Beneficial). An accent that edges mixed garden beds or provides a place to walk. Over the years, I have been growing more food and adding many native plants to our landscape…
Not enough time is too much busyness + we need to slow it down and get back to the basics of life…
When my kids were younger it seemed as if all we talked about was how busy we all were…how we were not able to do this or that because we were so busy doing this or that, here or there, and never had time to do this or that because we were so BUSY….diddle de…
Elementary my dear,it is a citified kitchen garden
Since I first learned to read I have been a big mystery fan. I love the challenge of trying to figure out “who done it.” I do not watch too much tv, but what TV I do watch is many mysteries. I am a big fan since childhood of Sherlock Holmes, so when they have…
In the MUCK of life perseverance prevails!
In the MUCK of life beauty comes forth from periods of hardship and boy has this winter been a hardship in our gardens.We have had one of the longest, coldest, + most snow fallen in decades. After weeks of below freezing winter, the muck in our life can last too long and it seems as…
We live in a supersized society, but “right sized” might be better for us…
Why do we have to supersize everything?We need to start being more innovative and solving our solutions by making things happen with what we have, don’t you think? Sarah Susanka an architect that started the Not so Big house Series feels that we don’t need “bigger houses” we just need to “rework our space” to…
Edible Estates:The Attack on the Front Lawn by artist Fritz Haeg
I have been wrestling with my front lawn for the past 10 years. I live on a typical city block where no one grows food in the front or back yards and no flowers! However, the past few years I have been seeing more flowers, which is delightful in front yards and less chemical spraying,…
Thinking outside the box when it comes to growing food in small spaces like city lots…don’t be afraid of failure!
Growing food in city lots is a lot of hard work. You have to be determined to prove that it is possible and be willing to explore new ways to grow food, accept foods that grow well in your area, and some foods that do not grow in your space. You have to be open to…
Immunity Gardens 