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Earth Day Week
I love Earth Day! I figured this week was a great way to profile some great (and easy!) resources to help us better care for creation. Of course, gardening on…
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Starting Seeds: Part II
I love gardening because I learn at least seventeen new things every season. I hope that still happens when I’m 80. At any rate, I tell anyone who asks me…
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Englewood Review of Books
Englewood Review of Books is a wonderful (and local!) collective that reviews books in both an electronic and print edition. ERB’s editors “hope that the books we review point toward…
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recommended: The Bill McKibben Reader
When I get going on food and gardening topics, it’s hard to reign me in. I’m often asked for book/movie/blog recommendations to learn more on these topics (or maybe to…
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Native plants
In our own yard, we are slowly trying to replace our existing landscaping with native plants. The natives thrive and require so much less work than the existing landscaping in…
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Feeding starts
When I first started gardening (organically, of course), I spent tons of time amending the soil with compost and peat and vermiculite (I’m a big fan of the square foot…
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Needs increasing in Hamilton County
Click graph to expand. I recently sat in on a presentation from some representatives from the United Way of Central Indiana on the current economic environment in Hamilton County. It…
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Beginner’s Crops
Are you a new gardener? If so, here’s a great article about the best crops to start off with for beginner gardeners. I tell Grant, my husband, that I could…
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recommended
When I get going on food and gardening topics, it’s hard to reign me in. I’m often asked for book/movie/blog recommendations to learn more on these topics (or maybe to…
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springtime recipe
Since we began eating more locally and seasonally several years ago, we have discovered a whole new world of vegetables that we had never tried before. Rutabaga, kale, chard, turnips,…