Doorstep delights: why front gardens matter
Photograph: Pål Hansen/The Observer Last month, with more time at home than usual, Charlotte Harris, one half of the landscape design duo Harris Bugg, decided to dig up her paved front garden in...
View ArticleWhat Seeds Should I Be Planting RIGHT NOW?
Growing food at home is one of the most rewarding things you can do for yourself and your family right now. Maybe you feel like the current growing season has passed you by, and you will need to wait...
View ArticleAs the Pandemic Continues, Urban Gardening Is Growing on New Yorkers
Samuel S. T. Pressman had wanted to build a food garden on the rooftop of his Clinton Hill apartment for years. The artist and sculptor had lived on a farm when he was younger and had studied...
View ArticleUrban gardening just got a whole lot easier and more sustainable
Vogue.com.au – How many dead plants are you responsible for? How many green-tinged dreams of becoming an amalgamation of Martha Stewart and Gwyneth Paltrow have ended in sad, withered herbs on your...
View ArticleFresh Herbs Make A Great Gardening Addition For Holiday Cooking
OAOnline.com – As your summer gardening winds down, it is a good time to plant a few herbs for your holiday cooking. Nothing is better than stepping out your backdoor and picking fresh herbs. Parsley,...
View ArticleTechnology Helps Move Agriculture Indoors
ISRAEL21.C.ORG – Greenhouses and urban farm factories are expensive to set up but pay off in higher yield, quality and market value, growing all through the seasons. Grain crops will always need large...
View ArticleThis 2-Acre Vertical Farm Produces More Than ‘Flat Farms’ That Use 720 Acres
GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG – From an ag-tech startup named Plenty, a two-acre indoor vertical farm produces yields that would normally require a 720-acre ‘flat farm’—and it can be done with 95% less water....
View ArticleGreen Front Gardens Reduce Physiological and Psychological Stress
METRO.NEWS – THERE is growing evidence that being in natural spaces — whether while gardening or listening to bird song — has a positive effect on mental health. Being in nature is also linked to...
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