Gardening & Farms
Gardening in Pots: Anyone Can Grow a Garden
After gardening virtually all of my life, and later teaching gardening classes through West High School’s Community Education Program, I have concluded that almost anyone can grow a garden. The…
A Model for a Profitable Company Garden
In 2016, Merit Medical launched its employee garden program on one-acre of previously unused land, creating 80 100-square-foot garden beds for employees to adopt.
CHEMICAL REACTION: How Our Green Lawns are Hurting Us
are all those green lawns really necessary nowadays, with their excessive water consumption and chemical runoff, and what are the alternatives?
Ogden Group Foodscapes Yards into Edible Gardens
Foodscaping Utah formed in 2018 with the goal of helping other Ogden homeowners transform their lawns and other underutilized spaces into abundant edible gardens.
Urban Homesteading: Divest from Wall Street, Invest in Local Food
Urban Homesteading is not “tuning in and dropping out” — as the misguided back-to-the-land movement transpired in the 1960s, but it’s “tuning out and settling in” — tune out of…
Urban Gardening: Self-Sustaining Lifestyles
“A lot more people are thinking of gardening because of the coronavirus,” says Central Garden Club member Linda Dudley. “You can start with a five-gallon bucket and grow your first…
How To Trim Your Rose Bushes
When pruning roses, it helps to keep in mind the rule of thirds; never cut back more than a third of the bush, anything more than that can put too…
Home Brewers Flavor Beer with Locally Grown Hops Varieties
Cascade hops tend to grow well in Utah’s climate and are a prominent aromatic in some of our favorite beers, including Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.
Affordable Housing Crisis: Utah Urbanites find solution in Cohousing Projects such as Wasatch Commons Cohousing
There has been plenty of media coverage on the affordable housing crisis, which is especially afflicting renters right now. It’s a critical issue in every state, and Utah is no…
Stirling Fruit & Vegetable Co. : Finding the Silver Lining in Today’s Farm Economy
David and his family were entirely unaware of the demanding hours required to produce a successful harvest that necessitates waking at four in the morning and not going to bed…
Ty’s Garden Dedication in Memory of Dr. Ty Harrison
“Ty was always our “Lorax” at Westminster” she added. “As Dr. Seuss says, ‘He speaks for the trees.’ This piece of Hidden Hollow that now will bear his name is…
Winter Gardening — Why Wait for Spring?
I have successfully grown cold-hardy plants such as spinach, lettuce, arugula and even carrots, beets, radishes and Swiss chard right through the coldest Utah winters for more than 30 years…
Z is for Zucchini
These gardeners have their eyes on the prize, which is the state fair blue ribbon for the largest zucchini. Ponder that thought for a moment…the grower of Utah’s largest zucchini.…
Urban Gleaners from Green Urban Lunch Box
The contemporary idea of gleaning has earned a more respectable reputation with the rise of programs such as the one operated by Green Urban Lunchbox (GULB), a non-profit organization that…
From Farm to Table…..To YouTube
From farm to table … to YouTube. That’s what students at YouthCity’s summer and after school program have started through an ongoing partnership with neighboring Liberty Park Farmers Market.
Fertile soil, the Soil Food Web, and High Desert Soilworks
Fertile soil is imperative for any successful farmer or grower. The Soil Food Web is the colony of organisms living in the soil. The food web is a complex living system that…