Chickens – Part 2: The Arrival
[Cue movie voice over guy] It's been two years in the making.. But now they've come... And No One knows what to expect...It's...Chickens!
Meet the Milk Man
The latest edition of Mar Vista's Bounty Hunter is live and ready for your cheese-y delight: This week you'll learn about Milk Man Cheese Services and find out where to get local artisan cheeses in Southern California.
The Milk Man Cometh
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Flowers of Love’
The Gardenerd.com Tip of the Week for February 10, 2012
Chickens – Part 1: Building the Coop
In an effort to expand our garden ecosystem, we've gone the way of the farmer, adding backyard chickens to our list of on-site resources. This is the story of how we got started. We intend to share the process in hopes of making it easier for others who plan to do the same.
We spent two years researching and being skittish about getting them, while everyone with chickens kept saying, "Just get them!" 2012 rolled around, as did ...
How to Know if it’s GMO?
"Dear Gardenerd,
How do we know if our seeds are genetically Modified?"
Excellent question! I have answers for you.
The good news is that GMO seeds are widely available to the commercial agriculture industry, but the push to sell them to home gardeners is not yet popular (and most likely not lucrative). The bad news is that farmers growing non-GMO crops for seed are having a harder time isolating themselves from farms that ...
Climates, They are a’ Changin’
The Gardenerd.com Tip of the Week for February 3, 2012
Ask Gardenerd: When is it Organic?
A very thoughtful question came into Ask Gardenerd this week:
"I'm new here. So far my big challenge is getting started. I do have a question. I do want to eat organic. Let's say I get a small plant, like an herb, from Home Depot or a similar store, I plant it and grow it organically with no man-made chemicals are pesticides. Does that make the plant organic? Is it kind of organic? If I keep it growing year-after-year and grow it organically, will ...
Tasty Cabbage Season
It's time to harvest those cabbages that have been growing over winter. As readers may remember, we planted a newly discovered variety of open pollinated Vertus savoy cabbage from Bountiful Gardens this past fall, and now we're reaping the benefits. It's hard to find an open pollinated or heirloom variety of savoy cabbage, so we were very excited to test this one out.
The results are in, and they ...
Get Local with Refyll
The latest post from Mar Vista's Bounty Hunter is ready for your viewing pleasure. Check out this great way to refill your home and body products:
Reduce, Reuse, Refyll
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Celebrating 70 Years
Organic Gardening magazine is partnering with Seed Savers Exchange to celebrate its 70th anniversary.