Gardening, Cooking & DIY Living
When it comes to gardening with too much rain, this has been a year for the record books. Up until Friday of this past week, we had an unbelievable stretch of 13 straight days where rain fell at some point
The Power of Organic Fertilizers! Let’s face it, sometimes your vegetable plants need a little boost. When it comes to the dirt in the garden, vegetable plants can consume a lot of the trace elements, minerals and nutrients in the soil that are
I have long been a believer that you don’t need to have a “green thumb” in order to have a great garden. In reality, what it takes is a combination of a few simple things – like patience, a consistent and persistent approach, a
When you rely on your garden to provide a large portion of your family’s food – you want to make sure that the food coming out is as healthy and pure as possible. For us, that means using ZERO pesticides and
Sadly, the majority of food products that end up on the dinner table today have been grown with heavy doses of synthetic fertilizers, sprayed with tons of pesticides, and then are processed to contain a seemingly endless list of preservatives. It doesn’t
The Gardening Movement and Fresh Food Movement Is Growing! It truly is amazing to see how many people, no matter the age, are realizing the importance of eating fresh – and the love of growing your own food! When we
As planting day draws near for our summer garden crops of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, zucchini and more – the process of preparing our garden is now in full gear! For the few weeks prior to planting day – each evening, we take about 15
It is just about planting time for the garden at the farm. Well, actually, it already is for some of our Heirloom Seeds and Plants like our onions, sugar snap peas, cabbage and potatoes – which all went in the ground this week.
The Old World Garden Organic Farm Threatened….. This is not a normal post for us – but one we are sad to say happened quite suddenly tonight and that now threatens everything that we have done at Old World Garden
Whether planting your first garden, or gardening in the same familiar spot you have for years – planting a green manure crop early this spring can be just the ticket to recharging your soil for a great summer crop of vegetables! What