Gardening Posts

Container gardening is an easy, attractive, and low investment way to bring the freshest vegetables to your doorstep, literally.  I love stepping onto my porch in the morning to harvest chives, oregano, thyme, a few leaves of rainbow chard, and some edible...

Nature heals. This can sound like a poetic and sweet sentiment, that may leave some of us wanting more actionable statements. Although lacking in poetry, I’ve got one for you: The common soil microbe Mycobacterium vaccae has been shown to alleviate...

EASILY TURNING LAWN INTO GARDENING WITH MATIA JONES Sheet mulching can transform your barren lawn into a lush and feculent veggie garden. Quickly. I love sheet mulching. It is the easiest and fastest way to create new garden space on top of sod, without enormous...

Springtime is when our bodies want to detox from winter’s stagnation, heavy foods, and particularly this last winter, excess stress. Happily, the spring landscape is flush with medicinal bitter herbs to help us with this seasonal clean out. My favorite is the...