You already compost—you do compost, don’t you?—use compost in your garden and container plants, and understand all of the soil-building benefits that compost provides. Now it’s time to familiarize yourself with compost tea, an easy-to-make brew using black gold. It’s too easy, in fact, to not take full advantage of it. This is the key […]
From space constraints to to foul odors, composting in the city isn’t easy, so take matters into your own hands.
Is your green thumb itching to get gardening again? These cold-loving crops will help you get the growing season started.
Mushroom foraging is a skill that requires time and experience. Beginners who want to do it safely need to embrace a simple three-letter word.
For a healthy compost pile that’s safe to use on the garden and won’t create unpleasant odors, steer clear of adding these materials.
This hearty, vegetable-centric dish from the Toledo Zoo’s Chef Sam Misiura can be customized to whatever produce you’re harvesting from the garden.
Whether you call them sunchokes or Jerusalem artichokes, these vegetables belong in the urban garden.
A once-popular cool-season crop, collards should become a mainstay in your garden.
Build healthy soil your garden can rock out in with this German compost technique.
Encourage healthy crops and boot weeds to the curb with these cultivation tips for small-scale gardens.
A Mediterranean native, bay laurel trees are a perfect plant for container growers who want to grow their own flavorful seasonings.
Improve your garden selection with these mushrooms any urban farmer can grow.
