urban gardening
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.
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…
Wasps Can Be Wonderful
Everyone knows that honeybees are good for your garden. They are natural pollinators and all around good guys. But what about the other flying, buzzing garden visitors; wasps, yellowjackets, and…
How to Dramatically Improve Your Garden Soil with Inexpensive Cover Crops
“Let it be known, I am a fairly lazy gardener,” says Geneva Lawrence, long-time Sugar House horticulturist, of her extensive backyard filled with five raised beds, grape and berry vines,…
