Blogs Posts in Gardening category; 509 blog posts

Community Gardens: Growing Your Own

Gardening not only provides a connection with nature, it connects us to our food. As more and more people are concerned about the provenance of their food – where it comes from and how it is grown – gardening has given “ [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Gardening for 'Sprouts'

A place where kids are excited to try vegetables may sound like make-believe, but it exists right here in Mankato. “A little gem atop the hill,” said Andy Raasch, father of 20-month-old Aurora. Children have gathered every [...]

Posted On : Aug, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Braun: Newark actor competes in Newark Conservancy gardening...

Cut him some slack. Steve Greenstein is an actor, so, when he stands — in costume — before the small audience and says, "They storm here under cover of darkness," remember he says this just after appearing i [...]

Posted On : Aug, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Gardening | Hurricane preparation in the yard and garden

We cannot stop a hurricane from moving up the coast and making landfall in South Carolina, but there are a number of measures we can take in our yards and gardens to limit damage. Some preparations are likely jobs that need to be done aro [...]

Posted On : Aug, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Vegetable gardening gains ground in Erie

Vegetable gardens went out of style for a while, but they're going gangbusters now. Ask anyone who does it, and you'll get an earful about why: They say it costs less to grow than buy produce, it's fresher, it tastes better, i [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Gardeners have a New Way to Come Together and Support Sustai...

There is a lot of talk about sustainable living and creating sustainable local food sources. While this is an important goal for communities the question is what concrete steps can be taken to move a community toward this g [...]

Posted On : Aug, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

A cottag garden primer

In more than a dozen years of public speaking on all kinds of gardening topics, I’ve learned that there’s no type of garden more people like better than a cottage garden. Even if they don’t know what a cottage garden is, [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Bill Legg prepares for August’s Master Gardener class

Montevallo resident Bill Legg inherited his love of gardening from his mother. “Ironically, her maiden name was Weed,” he said. An active gardener all his life – he professes to having a ‘light green&rsqu [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Introducing guerrilla gardening: A new Twin Cities movement,...

We first saw the term guerrilla gardening popping up in our own backyard in 2009. Over in the United Kingdom, Richard Reynolds had been gardening "with or without permission" since 2004, encouraging people to simply beautify and [...]

Posted On : Aug, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Tending to a community garden may foster higher fruit and ve...

People who grow their own fruits and vegetables are apt to eat them, but a study finds that community gardeners may have an edge over home gardeners when it comes to consuming more fresh produce. A study in this month's issue of [...]

Posted On : Aug, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

'Secret garden' Wrest Park reopens after restoration

One of the UK's finest and least known gardens will on Tuesday be unveiled in newly restored glory after decades hidden away from the general public's gaze. The 90 acres of Wrest Park in Bedfordshire are unarguably magnificen [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Gardening: Watering during a dry spell

While nobody’s calling it a drought (yet), we’ve been having a dry spell in much of our area, and inquiring gardeners want to know what to do about watering their lawns, shrubs, trees flowers, plants and veggies. Not being [...]

Posted On : Aug, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Vegetable gardening on a rooftop

Q. I'm looking for information on rooftop vegetable gardening. — Beverly Wilson, Calumet City Q: I'm looking for information on rooftop vegetable gardening. — Beverly Wilson, Calumet City A: Interest in gre [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Senator employs her love of gardening to keep fit

Vivienne Poy, the first Canadian senator of Asian descent, suffers from arthritis in her feet, hands and elbows, yet her health is in bloom. When gym workouts didn’t work out for the 70-year-old, Hong Kong-born former fashion design [...]