WHEN GROWING from seed, the list of decisions starts with what turns out to be the simplest question of all: which variety of bean or tomato or zinnia to order. But then things get more complicated, questions like figuring out when to start what, and whether any of your choices need any special pre-treatment or […]

‘THE DREAM has always been a rainbow of peas.” That’s what Dylana Kapuler, co-owner of Peace Seedlings, said to me more than a decade ago, and that dream continues to fuel a passion for breeding colorful, edible-podded peas at the organically managed, Oregon-based seed company. Ready to think beyond your basic green pods and expand […]

I’M LETTING myself be transported away from the winter scene outside my window, burying my nose not in the snow but instead in the spring-into-summer possibilities depicted in seed-catalog pages. I have familiar, favorite varieties I grow every year—but I’m also looking for some new-to-me possibilities, and Lane Selman of the Culinary Breeding Network at […]

I love winter! And I'm not the only one - garlic, onions, all the brassica's, chard, endive, parsley and all manner of leafy greens love it too.

Planting, mulching and pruning - that's the order of events this month. Planting is by far the most important!

Call them good companions or support plants – either way a diversity of plants + trees planted beneath and around your fruit trees is the key to a naturally healthy, easy care trees.

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