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Nearly everyone who’s gardened for a season or two has experienced that moment of shock when, upon entering the garden, one first lays eyes on a squadron of cucumber beetles happily chomping away on the squash plants. After the shock of seeing the carefully-tended plants in tatters, one moves on to the next phase of garden grief: denial. How could...

Organic farmers know that healthy soil means healthy plants. At Good Heart Farmstead, everything we do is based in the soil. We even named our farm in honor of it—when soil is “in good heart”, it is alive and healthy. But organic farmers will also know that the name itself doesn’t transform depleted, acidic soil into living, healthy soil overnight...

K.T. from Missouri recently submitted this question on our Facebook page: "We are planning our 'indoor' starters for February... only problem we have is starting our tomatoes - they seem to get up a few inches tall and fall over. :( Any suggestions?" Hi, K.T.,  the most likely culprit for "floppy seedlings" is that the light source you're using is...