May 2020

This month’s giveaway winner will receive two informative gardening books from Storey Publishing!  Starter Vegetable Gardens  Develop your green thumb as you learn to grow your own food. In this introductory guide to growing vegetables, Barbara Pleasant addresses common problems that first-time gardeners encounter.   Grow Your Soil  It is possible to create and maintain rich, dark, crumbly soil that’s teeming with life...

The gardening season is here! It's an exciting time and has been made even more so by all of the new gardeners getting growing as a means of supplying their families and communities with fresh food. Below we've put together some friendly first-timer tips and, as always, we encourage you seasoned gardeners out there to share your wisdom widely and...

As we've each dealt with the difficulties and uncertainties of life amid a global health crisis individually, we've also been forced to carry the burden collectively with disruptions to foodways, resource distribution, healthcare and our local and national economies. It has affected everyone, though not equally, and each community has had to make tough choices about how to move forward...