When I told my animal friends that I didn't know what to blog about this week, Carlotta said, "Talk about me! Blog about wild pigs!"
Photo by Audrey Pavia Bodhi is surprisingly athletic. If I were a rural farmer instead of an urban one, I’d have several barn cats that would spend their days stalking mice and chasing butterflies. But I have an urban farm, which means I not only have to worry about coyotes eating a barn cat, but […]
Start seeds the simple way by planting in soil blocks that are easily transplanted into the garden once growing season hits in full force.
"Dirt on Gardening" blogger Jessica Walliser walks you through how to arrange ornamental plants in a container for a eye-pleasing design.
"Dirt on Gardening" blogger Jessica Walliser shows you how to use a bulb auger for easy planting.
"Dirt on Gardening" blogger Jessica Walliser shows you how to mulch your vegetable garden to minimize weeds and hold in moisture.
The owner of Entomology Solutions, in Louisville, Ky., explains how to attract beneficial insects to your garden.
Learn about five pest insects that could be wreaking havoc in your garden.
Learn to compost with worms with help from this video workshop.
Dow wants regulations lifted for its herbicide-tolerant corn, but sustainable-ag organizations say the product threatens agricultural traditions and personal and environmental health.
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto/Thinkstock Nonprofit groups are feeding the hungry by gleaning. For gleaning groups, the sight of unwanted fruit rotting on the ground beneath tree branches represents an opportunity to make a difference. Gleaning, the practice of harvesting unwanted or leftover produce, is not new, but it is becoming more popular as a means […]
Photo by Rick Gush The pomegranate (Punica granatum) tree growing in our garden is the only one of our fruit trees that I grew myself. That’s because rooting pomegranate cuttings is just so easy. Six years ago, I took some cuttings in the fall from a pomegranate growing in a neighbor’s yard and stuck […]
