Sheet mulching (a.k.a. Lasagna Layering) is a technique for building new planting areas through composting in place. It uses gathered materials, microscopic organisms and time to create rich furtile...
Seems like everything is coming early this year. Summer came early, pears and apples are early, and now persimmons are early. Whatever the case is, if you love persimmons as much as I do then you...
Blue Lobelia blooms in late summer (July to September) on one-to-four foot spikes. The plant got its latin name, Lobelia siphilitica, because it was thought to cure syphilis. Blue Lobelia self-seeds...
Aunt Em’s Urban Inn+Farm is San Francisco’s first and only farmstay! At their inn and farm, you’d never know you were right smack dab in the middle of a sophisticated big-city. Aunt Em’s got started...
Coneflowers are one of those native flowers that is beautiful, long-blooming, attractive to bees, butterflies, and birds, and offers medicinal benefit to us. What else can you ask for in a flower...
Comfery (Symphytum officinale) is one of these amazing plants that every farm, orchard and garden should have. It is super easy to grow, easily propgated, mostly disease free, and has many useful...
By Diana Zahuranec When steamed and pulled freshly hot from the pot, an artichoke smells like honey. It smells sweet and sticky-metallic, golden, if colors were aromas. I put my nose close to detect...
By Mary Pellerito Looking out at my predominately brown winter landscape, I want to add some plants that will provide some winter interest next year. For a native plant lover, I appreciate color...
By Tora Estep So I knew I had more to say in response to Mark Bittman’s article, “Local Food: No Elitist Plot,” which I blogged about a few days ago, but it took an afternoon at the...
By Marcia Zoladz During the winter months in France, especially around New Year and January, when all one can find in the markets are very thin green beans, Brussels sprouts and different salad...