Charlie Maurisa from the County Mayo venture tells us how a green-thumbed grandmother helped inspire a love of farming.
There comes a time when we all just want to start planting in our gardens again, and a low tunnel provides this earlier-is-better option.
Did you know January is National Mail Order Gardening Month? Here are three plants that I’m excited to grow for the first time in 2024.
Ecosystem design, in mimicking characteristics of naturally occurring ecosystems, builds future potential and healthy soil for years of organic food production.
When John and Susan Lawton needed a profitable market products, they turned to mushrooms and quickly learned there's a science to success with fungus.
Christa Barfield of the Philadelphia-based community-supported agriculture initiative FarmerJawn tells us about the roots of the movement.
There are numerous ways to ferment fresh produce, and crock fermentation (such as used for sauerkraut) is both ancient and effective.
Happy New Year! I’m already making plans for farming projects I intend to tackle in 2024. Here are four of my 2024 New Year’s farming resolutions.
When building a sustainable ecosystem design in your garden or yard, keep these three principles top of mind when choosing what to plant where.
The Little Dream Farm founder Sarah Bergstein tells us how adopting a cat named Boonce helped paved the way to a hobby farm calling.
In this excerpt from "Microbe Science for Gardeners," author Robert Pavlis digs into why soil smells good and if dirt really helps depression.
In this excerpt from "Growing an Edible Landscape," authors Gary Pilarchik and Chiara D'Amore explore inexpensive, natural garden prep with sheet mulching.
