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Over-wintered broccoli in early March. The plant was surrounded with compost and the empty spaces in the garden were covered in compost.
This week we will be discussing how to use compost as a fall garden amendment. In particular, we're going to talk about it how you can use compost to improve and protect your soil over the wet winter months.
Read MoreIn this episode, we discuss how cover crops work and why they are an incredibly important and effective way to maintain soil health and capture soil on site, but also why the practice of cover cropping can be tricky to employ in a home garden.
Read MoreThis week we’ll be looking into the pernicious fungal disease known as rust.
Read MoreAll photos by Hilary Dahl
Weeds can be a good thing. It's seems a little counter intuitive as a gardener/farmer to say, but in a lot of ways they really are. Over the past year I started working on our certified organic Urban Fringe Farm in Woodinville. I thought it would be interesting to bring the farm experience back to the backyard by sharing some of what I've learned. The weeds on our farm have been nothing short of challenging to tame, but as I began to study the enemy, I started to realize they are just the opposite of an enemy.
Read MoreWelcome to our 4-part series on organic fertilizer! Over the course of this series we will break down the 4 ingredients in our custom organic fertilizer blend. Each post will highlight one of the 4 ingredients how it benefits your vegetable garden.
Read MoreIts never too early to start planning next year’s garden. Depending on how much of your own indoor seed starting you plan to do, you might need seeds and supplies on hand as early as January! December is a great time to reflect back on this past growing season and try to figure out what you can do next year to improve:
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