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Joel Salatin has a plan to change the world and make it sustainable. He’s already walking the walk on his farm, and he talked the talk with us at the Mother Earth News Fair in Puyallup, Washington.…
If you live in a humid, hot part of the world, we have four heat-tolerant, heirloom tomatoes that will keep you fruitful company in the summertime. Sure, tomatoes need heat, but not all of them fruit well…
Theresa Loe feeds her family from 1/10 of an acre in Southern California. In addition to preserving her garden produce, and keeping just about the cutest backyard chickens (see all that on her blog Living…
THE SAFE WAY TO CAN DILL PICKLES Canning is serious business. It’s a great way to feed your family throughout the year, with the bounty of your own garden, or with crops from a local farmer. Pickled…
When you’re pickling cucumbers, you must cut off the blossom ends. It’s easy to tell which is the blossom end if you’re harvesting cucumbers from your own garden. You can see the stem…
Prune cherry, apricot, and pluot trees in the summer, not the winter. These trees are susceptible to water-borne diseases and winter pruning cuts provide dangerous openings for damage in rainy weather.…
Two stars of the edible landscaping world are Leslie Bennett and Stefani Bittner of Star Apple Edible + Fine Gardening in Oakland, California. We spent a lot of time in their edible gardens (which were…
It’s the plaintive cry of gardeners, “What’s wrong?” Happily, co-authors David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth answer the question in their two best-selling books—What’s…
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With Integrated Pest Management or IPM, pest control does not mean waiting until June and then grabbing the most toxic spray around to wipe out the summer pests in your garden. You’d probably…
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New organic gardeners are often most enthusiastic about and most worried about organic pest control. These gardeners want to stop using chemical sprays on their plants—on the other hand, they’re…
Celebrate with organic fruit desserts and drinks! Make your Fourth extra fun, or bust out the berries for barbecues this summer. The Star Stack brings fruit fireworks to any meal (makes an extremely festive…
How much does famed TV gardener Joe Lamp’l love compost? He dove into a pile of it—more than once. Tricia didn’t have a huge compost pile for Joe at the San Francisco Flower & Garden…
Ready to hire some composting experts? Redworms are quiet and tireless helpers that can live in bins (indoors or outdoors) and turn your kitchen scraps into odorless compost. Fix the redworms up with a…
In our new video, How to Make Sauerkraut, Wendy Van Wagner (owner of In the Kitchen in Nevada City, California) and Joe Meade show us how simple it is to prepare sauerkraut at home. Assemble your ingredients:…
In our video you’ll learn how to make superb sauerkraut. We carry the original Harsch fermentation crocks because they’re the best for step-saving, clean fermentation, and an appealing sauerkraut.…
What do gardeners in the West need? A shovel, a hose, and the Sunset Western Garden Book. The latest edition of the Western gardener’s best friend is stuffed with color photos of plants. Find out…
A hedgerow is like a neon sign in your garden that spells VACANCY to beneficial insects. Organic gardening is about creating a garden that is alive and in balance. Beneficial insects are an essential form…
We had fun talking with children’s gardening expert Sharon Lovejoy at the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show. Watch Sharon with Tricia in our video, pick up tips on growing in metal containers,…
Parasitic beneficial insects are crucial members of your garden patrol. Calling an insect a “parasite” can be a tremendous compliment if you’re an organic gardener. Beneficial insects…
Blueberries are a wonderful fruit, tasty, healthy and the bushes make attractive landscape shrubs. They are easy to grow once you get the soil and water right, but if they have a problem they let you know!…
Everyone tells you to mulch your vegetable garden—but exactly how should you choose a mulch? In…
Most cover crops are planted in late summer, but there are some cover crop seed mixes that can go in…
