Jan 06, 2020 03:34PM ● By Paige Slaughter
Our gardens are special places: square feet of possibility, blank canvases, spaces where we can create anything we have the patience for. Ne...
Oct 29, 2019 10:29AM ● By Paige Slaughter
Four years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency estimated that “more food reached landfills and combustion facilities than any other sin...
Aug 29, 2019 03:24PM ● By Paige Slaughter
As leaves change, mornings and nights get cooler and the days get shorter, gardeners are busy for most of the summer’s end. The coming of...
Jul 03, 2019 10:16AM ● By Paige Slaughter
July is my favorite month in the garden. Plants are coming into themselves: their colors vibrant, their fragrances potent. Weeds get strong,...
Jun 06, 2019 02:24PM ● By Paige Slaughter
Our high desert sun is intense, and while many warm season crops, like tomatoes, peppers, corn and squash can handle full sun, many of our f...
May 15, 2019 03:21PM ● By Paige Slaughter
There’s something about growing tomatoes that gardeners adore. I love the way Sara Tymczyszyn, director of Highwater Farm Project in Garfi...
Jan 06, 2019 12:31AM ● By Paige Slaughter
Fresh food becomes a bit harder to find during the winter months. Local greenhouses and cold-hardy vegetables help ease our winter cravings ...
Nov 06, 2018 04:37AM ● By Paige Slaughter
In April 2018, a study funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) found that American consumers wasted nearly a pound of f...
Sep 01, 2018 12:41AM ● By Paige Slaughter
Nature’s cycle is fluid and full of life. Spring sprouts new birth. Summer brings fruit and vegetation in abundance. In autumn, leaves fall ...
Aug 04, 2018 03:05AM ● By Paige Slaughter
Tomatoes are ripe and jumping off the vine. Sometimes they even make it to the kitchen. We’re eating lots of summer squash, and perhaps we’r...
Jul 04, 2018 05:22AM ● By Paige Slaughter
In July, we get to be gardeners in every sense of the word. There are so many ways to spend time in the garden, from tending to our crops an...
May 01, 2018 06:43AM ● By Paige Slaughter
May carries us from spring into summer, offering warmer days, beautiful blooms, gentle and roaring winds and late freezes. As we glide into ...
