Life in the Garden

For as far back as I can remember – I have always loved anything hot!  As a kid – my friends and I would put as many red-hots into our …

This time of year – most of the questions that come to us are centered around plants in the vegetable garden – and what might be the cause of this …

Lettuce is one of the fastest and easiest to grow crops around.  It can be grown in the garden, in containers and raised beds, or almost anywhere you can clear …

Saturday was a good day for Old World Garden Farms! 15 months ago, when we first started this blog to document building our little farm – we felt fortunate to …

The dream of having our own bee hive at the farm – and of course our own  honey, finally became a reality this past week!  On Friday, we received our …

Take a stroll down the produce aisle at your local grocery store and you will quickly notice that peppers have grown in popularity.  No longer are we stuck settling for …

Visitors to the farm are usually surprised to learn that we water the entire garden and landscape with only the water from our rain water collection system. Our system, which …

Compost is a necessity if you want to have great soil and healthy, productive plants.  Along with cover crops, compost is one of the two major components that are critical …

There is nothing quite like planning the garden to make you ready for spring to hurry up and get here!  So this past week, as we watched December’s snow melt …

There are few things that can make your garden more successful than compost. Compost, or “Black Gold” as it is so often called, improves soil vitality and structure – and …