Raising Chickens and Urban Gardening
Just because the calendar says “fall” doesn’t mean that the gardening season has to come to an end. On the contrary, there are several ways to extend your growing season through the fall months, into winter, and perhaps right through spring. Now that is really extending the growing season! Many hardy, cool-season vegetable crops, like spinach, kale, and carrots can…
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In Podcast Episode 2, I share a few ideas on how you can extend your gardening season into late fall and perhaps right through spring using mulch, floating row covers, and even constructing a simple low tunnel over your raised beds. Plus I’ll share tips for planting one of my favorite fall vegetables — and probably one of the easiest…
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Garlic is one of the easiest vegetable crops to grow and is relatively free from disease and insect infestations. In fact, garlic is often used as a companion plant to help ward off insects like aphids, fungus gnats, cabbage loopers, and Japanese beetles and even larger pests like rabbits and deer. Not sure what type of garlic to plant? Read…
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Next to home-grown tomatoes, nothing compares to the freshness and pungent flavor of home-grown garlic! Once you experience just how incredibly fresh and juicy garlic tastes when it’s grown in your own garden, you’ll never want to buy garlic from the grocery store again. Promise. Garlic (Allium sativum), a member of the onion (Amaryllidaceae) family, is in the same genus…
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