Food gardeners can’t prevent global heating, but we don’t have to contribute to the problem. The Union for Concerned Scientists has put out a helpful guide with steps we can all take to not only reduce our carbon footprint but maintain carbon safely in the soil where it belongs. Composting and cover-cropping are steps that help […]
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Garlic is supposed to be one of the easiest crops to grow and we’ve had great luck with it in the past. In fact, we just finished the garlic we grew and stored from last year. But not this year. We had some kind of rot. The leaves died back early. And with many of […]
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“Why did you take down the snap peas?” I’ve lost count of how many people have asked. The peas, clinging to their trellis, made a lovely wall of green for passersby to admire. But, as I explain, they weren’t making any more peas. No more flowers, no more peas. They were done. I’ve learned from fellow […]
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