Pay it forward with your harvest by growing food that you intend to give away.
Avoid buying costly plant starts! Save seeds from your garden and exchange them with friends and neighbors.
Whether you’re digging your first urban garden or have spent years cultivating the land, the Cooperative Extension Service is your BFF (best farm friend).
Eating fermented products builds more than your gut biome—it builds community, too. Diversify the ferments you make by swapping cultures with friends.
When it’s time to tend the hive give it the run-down, do it quickly and efficiently to minimize disruption to the bees.
A grassroots composting business in Madison, Wis., transforms food scraps into vermicompost that can be added back to the garden.
Grow several crops in a small space while building up your soil using this traditional companion-planting method.
Ducks are another backyard bird that doesn’t get quite the amount of attention that chickens do, but they can offer a lot to your urban farm.
Planting a garden that fosters native pollinators will create a circular relationship that benefits plants and insects alike.
Grow many types of fruit in a small space by grafting several different fruit cultivars onto one rootstock.
Let your yard scraps be put to good use building up the soil in your garden for a rich and nutritious plantings.
Don’t let any part of your precious home-grown veggies go to waste with these creative preservation methods.
