10+ Food Gardening Gadgets We Love
Gardening is only work if you make it! Maybe it's because I'm an elder-millennial, but I am totally fine with scoping out the latest gardening gadgets. Sure, I've wasted plenty …
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5 Benefits of Fermenting Compost for Your Garden
Compost, that black gold of the garden, has a very intriguing inner life. Bacteria, fungi, microorganisms, chemical reactions, and fascinating transformations are all present in the midst of our compost …
How to Make Natural Compost from Everyday Food Waste
Did you know that, according to the EPA, the United States produces more than 42 million tons of food waste every year? That's 210 cruise ships filled top to bottom, …
15 Cute Gardening Books for Preschoolers
My daughter is just about at that age where she really loves reading with me. For a while there I thought she might just be meant for parkour or extreme …
How to Fill a Raised Garden Bed with Soil Before Planting
There are plenty of interesting ways to create a raised garden bed. In fact, there aren't really many rules at all. It's whatever works for you. But then there's the …
Should I Add Worms to My Garden?
You know worms can be valuable additions to the soil. You know earthworm poop (excuse me, castings) make excellent nutritional additives to any garden. So it seems pretty clear. Should …
How to Make Easy Kitchen Scrap Fertilizer
If you've looked through the Food Gardening Network website, you know we love composting. We've written articles about keeping animals out of your compost bins, how to compost indoors, what …
3 Invasive Worm Species That Threaten Your Garden
There may or may not be a wizard of Oz. Even the movie wasn't entirely clear on that. And there may or may not be a Glinda, a good witch. …
How to Make a Keyhole Garden Bed
I love when I can get a two-for-one deal when it comes to gardening, especially when the deal is on back-breaking labor! If you're like me, then I think you'll …
Composting as Therapeutic Gardening
I love when people are able to share their most somber therapeutic gardening stories with us. One story I always remember when I’m composting is this piece by Cathie Desjardins …
