Gardening & Farms
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Lambert Growers: Utah’s Family Greenhouse Since the 1960s
A family-run greenhouse in West Valley grows everything on site—offering locally grown starts, gardening advice, and sustainable practices since the 1960s.
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Container Gardening in Utah: How to Get It Right
Utah gardeners are trading raised beds for pots, baskets, and barrels. With unpredictable weather and limited space, container gardening is becoming the go-to strategy for vibrant, edible gardens.
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How to Compost Like a Pro: Turning Waste Into Black Gold
Fertilizer costs were sky-high—so this organic gardener turned to backyard composting, manure, and microbes. The results? Rich soil and a big surprise.
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May Events in Utah 2025: Art, Music, Rodeo, Plant Sales & More
Spring comes alive in Utah with a vibrant lineup of May events—from art-inspired dinners in Ogden to rodeos, concerts, plant sales, and film festivals. Whether you’re into live music, local…
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Urban Wildlife in Salt Lake City: Doves, Squirrels, and Grackles Take Over
Once rare or nonexistent in Utah, collared doves, red fox squirrels, and great-tailed grackles are now thriving in Salt Lake City. From treetops to parking lots, these unexpected urban dwellers…
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Start Your Spring Garden with Easy Veggies and Cover Crops
Can’t wait for the weather to warm up? These top spring gardening tips will kickstart your season with easy veggies, smart pairings, and cover crops that feed your soil as…
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Preserving Utah’s Fruit Highway: A Battle Against Urban Development
Once Utah’s orchards are gone, they’re gone for good. Land along the east benches, from Utah County to North Salt Lake, has long been developed for housing, but this has…
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Working Cats Program Helps with Pest Control in Utah
Best Friends Animal Society came up with a new solution to help feral cats and those that need pest security.
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Moab Schools Prioritize Youth Garden Project
Remember your school lunches growing up? Left-over impressions of Taco Tuesday, pizza and chocolate milk are a common experience. In Moab, kids get a taste of something fresh and real…
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Smith Orchards: A Tale of Tree-Ripened Delights and Environmental Stewardship
Scott Smith says he’s been farming “about as long as I could walk.” On property owned by his family since the mid-1800s, Smith uses environmentally-friendly methods to grow tree-ripe fruit.
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Beyond the Cafeteria: Local Produce Initiatives in Wasatch Front Schools
The demand for fresh school lunches far outweighs the supply, making it difficult to provide a homegrown, farm-to-table experience for students in many schools across the Wasatch Front.
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The Food for Families Project
Volunteers work at Village Cooperative Gardens in exchange for produce. Shares also go to homeowners in the neighborhood and families in the community
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Tips for Gardening with Nature
As a longtime gardener, I have learned a few techniques to garden with, not against, nature. Here are a few tips.
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Watering Today: Utahn Develops an App to Help Save Water while Maintaining Green Lawns
Watering Today, an app developed and recently released by a Utah helps reduce the amount of water used for irrigation.
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Local Flavors: Utah Fab Farm to Fork Regional Restaurants
. It’s hard these days to find restaurants that don’t lay some sort of claim to farm to table or farm to fork cooking. Well, here are a handful in…
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The Power of Orchids
Although far removed from the tropics where they bloom in thousands of varieties, orchids are abundant here in the high desert of Utah.