Welcome to our weekly podcast with longtime Anchorage Daily News garden writer and author Jeff Lowenfels and co-host Jonathan White. Think of it as a companion to Jeff’s weekly ADN gardening columns and his popular series of books. This week, Jeff and Jonathan rekindle last week’s discussion about microplastics in the environment. But this time, […]
By Kitti CooperSpecial to Gulf Coast Media Why should you think about your summer gardenduring our “winter”? In the sunny Deep South, where the weather can betough and the soil is different in every backyard,there is a simple trick for better gardens — amendingthe soil. This means adding dark compost and darkamendments of soil to […]
When thinking about growing crops and flowers at home, planting into bales of decomposing straw probably isn’t the first approach that springs to mind. But, the concept offers a huge amount of benefits – and has gained popularity across multiple countries as a result. It may seem like a novel way of starting a vegetable […]