The 16th annual World Naked Gardening Day is coming up soon! Yes, #nakedgardeningday is a thing. You may now be wondering, why would anybody want to garden naked? Outside of skinny-dipping, gardening ranks as the top activity that people are willing to...
The Three Sisters I first heard the term permaculture about five years ago from my friend John, after I mentioned to him that I was interested in learning to grow plants. At the time I was a botany major, but...
We all want to help out the bees and when the help comes with your cereal you were already going to buy, it seems like an easy win-win situation. But as Cheerios hands out free seeds while encouraging you...
BY: TIM O’NEAL Organic food and farming have seen a huge increase over the past ten years, and for good reason. Farming and gardening techniques that use fewer harmful, synthetic fertilizers and pesticides are better for the environment and better...
Did you know that tomatoes hate cucumbers? Consider companion planting.  While they might taste great together in a salad, tomato plants dislike growing in close proximity to any member of the cucurbit family, which includes cucumbers. Tomatoes love carrots and basil,...
So you've been bitten by the RV bug but still want to garden? Container gardening might be your solution! Maybe you're still dreaming of the boundless life while living in an apartment right now. Again, container gardening might be your...
The word Walipini, derived from the Aymaran language and an indigenous Bolivian tribe, is translated as “a place of warmth” and is an earth sheltered cold frame or transparent-roofed enclosure. This underground greenhouse was created for the cold regions of...
Introducing the egg collection apron! Do you send your kids out to gather eggs, and too often, you end up with upset kids and smashed eggs? Maybe you're always dropping eggs because you're trying to tuck them in your pockets or t-shirt! Maybe...
How to Regrow Kitchen Scraps Feel like you never really get your money's worth of lettuce or celery at the store? Why not grow another one out of the scraps! There's more than a few veggies and herbs we can regrow...
You started out with good intentions--wanting to create richer soil for your garden and reduce your waste. Maybe you even bought the pretty compost crock so your old food won't ugly up the counter-top. But alas, creating compost (aka gardener's gold)...
The Seedo Homelab fully automatic hydroponic marijuana home growing machine allows you to grow cannabis, herbs and flowers with the click of a button. Once set up you simply place your seed in the growing medium in the machine,...
Smart Farming Technology This is the Leafy Green Machine, a smart farm built inside a shipping container and produced by Freight Farms. This high yield - high production mini farm comes with all sorts of high tech gadgets. The system uses...