Veggie Gardening Tips

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10/14/11--05:42: Gardening with Chickens as Sustainable Partners (chan 1989737)

I never had much interest in gardening with chickens, ducks, rabbits, or any animal livestock. After all, I live in the middle of a residential neighborhood, on a lot that is just over half an acre, and I’m a vegetarian… But today I’ll share what’s forced me to take a closer look at the benefits, [...]


10/19/11--05:22: Photos from the Fall Vegetable Garden (chan 1989737)

The mild temps continue here in Central PA with yesterday’s high reaching into the 70’s. These are great times to enjoy a fall vegetable garden and to complete those final fall clean-up tasks before colder weather arrives. My garlic, shallots, and potato onions are all in the ground, the last seeds have been planted, and the [...]


10/28/11--05:06: Natural Beekeeping for the Home Gardener (chan 1989737)

Gardeners recognize the plight of honeybees and the important role that they play in pollinating the crops that find their way unto our dining tables. The desire to lend a helping hand to the honeybee has led to the increasing popularity of backyard beekeeping as a hobby that fits in nicely with home gardening. James [...]


12/06/11--05:23: Innovative Composting and Gardening Ideas (chan 1989737)

Barbara Pleasant is an author, gardener, and public speaker who loves sharing her experiences related to raising organic backyard gardens. I spoke with her during the summer and also sat in on a presentation of her innovative composting and gardening techniques. She describes compost gardening as the art of arranging perfect marriages between compost and [...]


12/31/11--15:00: Gardening Tips for the New Year from Ira Wallace (chan 1989737)

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange (SESE) has been one of my favorite heirloom seed suppliers for over twenty years, and is the original source of the potato onion seed stock that I continue to grow today. I was pleased to receive some great gardening tips and ideas from Ira Wallace, a worker/owner at SESE, and a [...]


01/12/12--05:11: Growing Baby Ginger as a Backyard Garden Vegetable Crop (chan 1989737)

Growing baby ginger in the home garden sure sounds interesting; but isn’t ginger a tropical plant that’s not suitable for the climates here in the U.S.? Well not exactly, farmers and gardeners across the country are discovering that they can raise a crop of fresh ginger under a wide range of conditions and climates! I [...]


01/31/12--17:55: PASA’s 2012 Farming for the Future Conference (chan 1989737)

Winter is far from over here in Central PA but it’s been a very mild season so far and January’s coming to a close with temperatures near sixty degrees! So it’s becoming a lot easier to think about springtime and getting back out into the vegetable garden again. I realize that these freak days of [...]


02/16/12--07:56: Seed Varieties for the Gardener Who Has Seen Everything (chan 1989737)

I normally post a winter article related to heirloom seed catalogs, but this year I thought I’d change it up a bit by listing some awesome seed companies that you’ve probably never even heard of. The seed suppliers featured today have a narrower focus, smaller inventory of varieties, or specialize in providing seeds adapted to [...]