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With most broccoli, you have one event: You plant it for one big head and then the season’s over once you harvest it. Tenderstem reverses … Read more

We all know it’s going to happen, every single time you start a new batch of broccoli sprouts for the very first time. There you … Read more

Garlic chives seem easy to grow, that’s why so many gardeners begin with this assumption. You can use the flat leaves for cooking or perhaps … Read more

A compost heap is no doggy doo disposal system by default. The pathogens found in animal waste, including parasites, Salmonella, and E. Coli, won’t be … Read more

When you look into kitchen composting bucket, what do you see? You see wilted spinach, carrot peels, coffee grounds, and a clumpy, moist mess. Will … Read more

Gardening articles tell you to save eggshells which contain free calcium. Crush them after drying and turn them into your compost bin. When compost is … Read more

You need patience when starting asparagus from seed. It will be three weeks before anything seems to be going on aboveground, but the root is … Read more

Probably the first thing you did was grab some seedlings at nursery because they were pretty in their packets. Then you made a rough estimate … Read more

To a composting expert, those empty shipping boxes is gold: They’re slow-release carbon, while you see just another heap of garbage. It is physics, not … Read more

This is the frustration of springtime gardening: You turn over what you composted last fall, and either it’s too wet (slimy with rot) or too … Read more

When it’s done, I know: Cow manure smells very specific, nothing like the pungent ammonia of freshly mucked bedding, or the sour funk of anaerobic … Read more