It’s Wednesday and all over the internet you will find photos with no words of explanation. Why? Because pictures say a thousand words and today is Wordless Wednesday. When we decided to add a few seeds to our organic garden this year I wasn’t so sure anything would grow. Boy was I wrong. It just…
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Watch My Organic Garden Grow
It’s Wednesday and all over the internet you will find photos with no words of explanation. Why? Because pictures say a thousand words. This week I’m going to have a few words of explanation, but I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking. Our small garden spot hasn’t been looking very garden-like over the…
5 Spring Gardening Tips
Gardening is top priority this year. Over the years I have been very diligent about planting a garden each spring with my three boys. Working together to create a vegetable garden has always been an incredibly rewarding process. One of my missions as a parent is to help my children understand that there’s a connection…
How Does Your Organic Garden Grow?
There’s nothing like picking fresh vegetables from your very own garden. I have been planting a garden with my 3 boys for the past 6 years. I love watching how excited they get as the plants grow. Our garden has always been in the front of our house-the only spot that gets a few hours…
4 Ways Corporations Took Food From the American Household
Today I am honored to share a guest post by Mike Lieberman of Urban Organic Gardner. In his post Mike sheds some light on how and why we have lost our connection to our food source. In the past 100 or so years it’s become apparent that as a society we have lost our connect…
Connecting with Food-Home Gardening and Joining a CSA
It’s true-the best organic food is the food that is grown closest to you I am finally reading a book that I have wanted to read for years-The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan. As I read it I am continually reminded that we, as a culture, have lost sight…
