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Faux Organic - the Snake Oil of Gardening
This is where on the organic journey one needs to become aware of the “snake oil salesman.” We’ve all heard this phrase. We’ve heard stories
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The Truth About Growing Safe and Healthy Food at Home
Because we are relying on a system of farms, co-packers, wholesalers, distributors and farmers to feed us. Most Americans do not have the
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The Week the World Changed
Just a few weeks earlier, I had been getting ready to head to Seattle for the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival, when the news first hit
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Why gardeners need to support their local Nursery or Garden Center?
We remember the value that a wonderful garden center brings to our town in terms of beauty and culture and knowledge. Wisdom is a tough sale
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What are the 3 greatest payoffs of gardening?
One of things that I think is so great about gardening is that there are so many different things to be done in the garden from composting,
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Taking the "House" out of Houseplants
If plants are an environmental control in your home, then why wouldn’t we want to grow them as organically as possible?
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Why are we supposed to compost in the fall?
This form of gardening really makes all of the stuff we’ve been told for decades obsolete.
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Why Non-GMO is the new "Organic"
This GMO issue is becoming the ten thousand pound gorilla in the room. It is now becoming the threshold for measuring organic products
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