Galvanized by the prospect of growing the world’s largest pumpkin, amateur gardeners are devising new strategies involving natural growth hormones, double grafting and more.
Planting lettuce: Lettuces come in so many flavors, textures, forms and colors, it can be tough to decide which to plant, where, and how. Here's a quick guide to planting lettuces.
Image credit: Sami Grover When I wrote about beekeeping with children for our sister site Parentables, I noted that bees can be a fantastic tool for encouraging emotional literacy. For the same reason that beekeeping is great for those
Matthew Benson shares his story of turning a small garden into a small farm and garden that is fully organic and biodynamic and the Community-Support Agriculture program.
Civil Eats promotes critical thought about sustainable agriculture and food systems as part of building economically and socially just communities. In our efforts, we support the development of a dialog among local and national leaders about the American food system, and its effects abroad. Civil Eats can be humorous, serious, academic, philosophical, conversational – its style of conversation is as diverse as its 40+ contributors – but it is always thought provoking, innovative, and focused on food politics.
Civil Eats promotes critical thought about sustainable agriculture and food systems as part of building economically and socially just communities. In our efforts, we support the development of a dialog among local and national leaders about the American food system, and its effects abroad. Civil Eats can be humorous, serious, academic, philosophical, conversational – its style of conversation is as diverse as its 40+ contributors – but it is always thought provoking, innovative, and focused on food politics.
The challenge: cook slow food for less than the cost of fast food. Know how? Share! Want to learn? Scroll down or click below for tips, tricks, stories!
We've all read the Dave's Garden articles on freezing produce, canning it, making wine or jam or jelly or chutney. (If you haven't, you should! There's a link later on.) We've learned how to make t...
Christine Anthony and Owen Masterson want to inspire young men and women to consider sustainable farming as a career. To do so, the couple produced and directed a 50-minute documentary that follows 20 young sustainable farmers on 12 farms in Georgia as they doggedly pursue careers in agriculture despite challenges related to land ownership and lack of farming experience.
For a first time gardener surrounded by experts here at Fine Gardening magazine, I was a bit intimidated by all the information they knew and how much I didn�t. Luckily, I had a green thumb hiding all along...
The boy was among dozens of children who tried their hand at vegetable gardening this summer at the Decatur YMCA under a special partnership involving the Y's Camp Sokkia, Decatur Is Growing Gardeners, or DIGG, and the American Cancer Society. Among the lessons taught were the five food groups, how many servings of fruits and vegetables people should eat every day and how much people should exercise for good health. First DIGG volunteers built four raised garden beds measuring three by 12 feet between the Y and the new Kiwanis Pavilion that serves as Camp Sokkia's headquarters. Crops included cucumbers, marigolds, onions, peanuts, peppers, radishes, sunflowers and tomatoes, and the cancer society provided a $42,150 grant to support the project.
Permaculture combines the best of natural landscaping and edible landscaping. Find out how you can turn your backyard into a year-round food producing permaculture paradise.
Just because you enjoy great food doesn't mean you have to spend a lot of money dining out or buying upscale foods for delicious meals at home. With the advice of some noted chefs and food writers, you can elevate the level of your home-cooked meals even while working with a tight grocery budget, producing feasts that wow for just a few dollars per serving.
