Are you interested in the arts? Are you interested in food? Do you want to explore how the arts can support localization, sustainable food systems and youth gardening? If you’ve answered yes to these questions, you will want to attend the first organizational meeting of Rap for Food.
I've always gardened in a way that saves time, money, and resources, and I'm eager to share my tips and tricks with you.
From the White House to neighborhoods, home gardening is on the rise. This helpful graphic comes from the Mother Nature Network. The infographic presents information from a study by the National Gardening Association, which has a great website with many resources for gardeners and a whole area devoted to gardening ...
If you’ve never canned, you may think it requires extensive experience and arcane knowledge. Actually, learning to can is a fairly simple process that requires following steps and attention to details — not unlike most cooking processes.
America's oldest seed company, D. Landreth, which has been in business since 1784, is in danger of having to close its doors forever on Sept. 30. But there's something you can do to help. The D. Landreth Seed Co. was founded in 1784 and has introduced many flowers and vegetables ...
The 2011 Ypsilanti Garden Walk is coming up on Saturday, Aug. 20, from noon to 5 p.m. Don't miss your chance to see six late-summer gardens.
Whether you have limited space, beds overflowing with flowers, or limited sunny spots, you can still grow vegetables — just plant them in containers. This doesn't have to be expensive, and now is a great time to gather large containers.
Independence Day is a good time to cut the buds off chrysanthemums to create more and lusher blooms in fall.
When you have a question about a pest, a weed or a gardening practice, you can turn to gardening books, magazines or the internet for information. If you want to speak to a human, however, the MSU Extension Office of Washtenaw County has two services managed by local human beings ...
Until recently, I thought that crop rotation was a topic of interest only for farmers — people who grew lots and lots of plants. Crop rotation, the practice of growing a series of dissimilar crops in the same area for subsequent seasons, seemed like too complicated a concept for a ...
My friend Karen surprised me last week with a gift. "I hope you haven't planted all the spaces in your garden yet," she said. I had to laugh because at that particular moment, absolutely none of my seedlings had found their way to the garden. Karen and I share a ...
When Dexter Township resident Kevin Sullivan was battling head and neck cancer from 2008 to 2010, he maintained a healthy vegan diet. Although he died of cancer in September of 2010, he and his wife, Lori Sullivan, credit his healthy diet with prolonging his life. As a tribute to Kevin ...
As planting season ramps up, local gardeners may be glad to learn that clean plastic flower pots and plant trays can now be recycled in curbside collection carts. Thanks to the upgrade to the City of Ann Arbor’s single-stream recycling facility, an expanded range of plastic bottles, tubs, deli-trays, and ...
The past weekend saw us dashing into the yard between the rains to be continue with the spring clean up. The weeds, of course, are almost the first plants coming up from the ground, but we also have already impressive rhubarb, baby horseradish, some asparagus, lovage and some herbs. Leaf ...
Master gardener Charlene Harris will teach people how to create a small intensive vegetable and flower garden May 3 as part of a new gardening series sponsored by the Chelsea Senior Center. Participants will learn about four-foot-square garden spaces and easy-to-make raised beds at the workshop. Harris will also talk ...
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com AnnArbor.com's partner news site MLive.com is on a quest to find the best barbecue in ......
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