Some of the fondest memories that many adults have of their childhood is the time spent gardening with a grandparent. Gardening can be a great way for virtually anyone to relax and cultivate fruits and vegetables to eat later on or grow brilliantly colored flowers. Working in the garden for
Gardening as a family cannot only help you reduce your carbon footprint, pass along the ideals of sustainable living to your children, and save money at the grocery store, it can also help you forge even stronger bonds with your family through your shared goals. When you live in an
By Kathi Casey, ERYT, CPI – According to a magazine article I read the other day, Baby Boomers are now growing their own organic vegetables and purchasing more organic food than any generation before them. This is good news for our earth! With all the bad press that Monsanto and
My favorite fall hobby is growing chrysanthemums (mums) for show competitions. I start preparing for the fall by ordering rooted cutting from Kings Mums catalog or taking cuttings from my last year’s mum plants in April. However, much of the work for growing mums for show competitions occurs in August,
By Rhonda Daniels – Melissa officinalis or Lemon Balm is a favorite of mine. Melissa’s sweet lemony scent and mint like leaves make it a nice plant to have in the garden. It is both a culinary and medicinal herb. With its mild lemon flavor and scent we use it
By Rhonda Daniels – Gardeners know all about the health benefits of tending their gardens. Besides connecting with nature and tending their plants they may also do a lot of bending and stretching. Amie Jo Sommerfeld Lillard, a grad student researcher at Texas AMU did a study several years ago
September is the month signaling the end of summer and the beginning of fall. Here, where I live in east central Illinois, it is also the beginning of harvest. Everything revolves around it in the small communities that dot our farmland, whether or not you have a direct link to
August, in East Central Illinois, can be harsh and it’s our hottest time of the year. It’s a time for back to school and gearing up for harvest. We are a farming community and our seasons revolve around planting and harvest. Tomatoes are beginning to ripen and it’s time to
Submitted by Rhonda Daniels – Ginger, known as Zingiber officinale or official ginger is a very easy herb to grow. Even better? You can probably find a start at the grocery store! This is not the tropical ginger with flashy blooms that you see in Hawaiian photos, but rather the
Submitted by Rhonda Daniels – Learn How To Grow Herbs Looking to grow herbs for health, cooking, or for making herbal remedies? We have a fun video course that shows you how to grow your own herbs. This class is perfect for learning how to grow herbs in container and
By Rhonda Daniels – Attracting beneficial bugs to your vegetable or herb garden is probably more important than you think! If you are growing veggies, or fruits you need pollinators! Beneficial bugs -or pollinators- are responsible for pollinating the flowers on your plants. This in turn allows the plant to
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