Organic Gardening
Learn how to use natural, organic gardening methods to grow the freshest food in your own garden.
Gardening Indoors to Beat Winter Doldrums
By Regina Hitchcock
When bitter cold winter brings gardeners inside, growing indoors can make it a little easier to bear.
Two Natural Cidermakers Share Their Approach to Sustainable Orcharding
By Jonathan Carr and Nicole Blum, Carr’s Ciderhouse
We have been supporting ourselves running a modestly successful farm business for the past nine years, selling our natural hard cider and traditional cider-based products at farmers markets, at wholesale, and online. We are business people of sorts, which is strange to us, but which has given us a real world tutorial on the economics of food. And now, 16 years in, we are taking stock.
Planning for Spring, Thinking About Sandy Soil
By Colleen Vanderlinden
Since leaving my Detroit garden and moving to northwest Michigan, one of the biggest challenges my garden has faced is sandy soil.
Milkweed, Monarchs and Home Gardeners to the Rescue
By Cindy and Stephen Scott
Monarch butterflies are at an all-time record low, but home gardeners can help them recover by planting milkweed and nectar flowers.
Growing ‘Piment d'Espelette’ Peppers
By Wendy Akin
‘Espelette’ pepper is somewhat like the familiar Italian-style red pepper flakes, but sweeter and fruitier. It tastes more like ripe peppers, and has about the same heat as ground black pepper. Work growing ‘Espelette’ peppers into your kitchen garden planning with several drying options.
Planning An Acreage Garden: A Mixed Annual & Perennial Garden for a Family of Five
By Rosemary Hansen
It's never too early to start planning your big acreage garden! Join Rosemary as she calculates how much space you need to feed a family of five.
Therapeutic Planting
By MOTHER EARTH NEWS Editors
Letters from our readers about planting for therapy, generous gardening, tropical forages, and more.
5 Things You Need to Start Your Seeds Indoors
Article and photos by Kimberlee Bastien
Author Kimberlee Bastien shares the five most important ingredients for starting healthy seedlings indoors.
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