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Gardening 2.0new

A new app makes growing food easy-peasy.

Seven Days | Kirk Kardashian | 05-14-2012 | Gardening

Tags: gardening apps, GardenMinder

Vegetable Gardening for Dummiesnew

You don't need fancy equipment or gardening expertise to grow your own food.

East Bay Express | Linnea Due | 05-10-2012 | Gardening

Tags: gardening, growing vegetables

The Urban Agricultural Phenomenonnew

What happens when idealists, entrepreneurs and bureaucrats all latch onto the same trend?

Philadelphia City Paper | Isaiah Thompson | 05-04-2010 | Gardening

Tags: Urban Gardening

5 Tips for Gardening in Small Spacesnew

According to gardening expert Elizabeth Peirce, if you follow these five tips you don’t need a lot of space or experience to make that green stuff grow.

The Coast, Halifax's Weekly | Elizabeth Peirce | 04-16-2010 | Gardening

Tags: Urban Gardening

Dallas Acts Like it Supports Community Gardens, but That's Not the Real Truthnew

City officials adamantly deny they harbor any anti-organics bias and say they are committed to moving the entire city closer to organic methods of land management. But longtime local garden advocates insist City Hall has never given them anything but the back of the hand, beginning years before the recent spike in interest.

Dallas Observer | Jim Schutze | 10-19-2009 | Gardening

Tags: food, Dallas, gardening, public policy issues, community gardens

What the Cluck? Urban Chicken Raising Gets Hipnew

Does simplifying agricultural traditions -- and contracting out the unpleasant aspects of rural life -- make the desire for a slice of the country in the city any less genuine? Most would say no and that it takes more than Google to learn how to properly kill a chicken.

Boise Weekly | Tara Morgan | 07-08-2009 | Gardening

Tags: food, animal issues, gardening, chickens, bees, urban farming

My Worm Compost Bin Produces a Great Garden ... and a Clear Consciencenew

Why would anyone willingly keep hundreds of worms in her kitchen? Because the United States produces more than 30 million tons of organic waste each year, and when that material ends up in either the incinerator or the landfill, it creates far more problems than benefits.

City Pages (Twin Cities) | Rachel Hutton | 07-08-2009 | Gardening

Tags: food, composting, gardening, worms, waste

DIY: Raised Garden Bednew

This summer, we chose to plant a variety of bell peppers, squash, tomatoes and herbs in a raised garden bed. Here’s how to do it.

Jackson Free Press | Melia Dicker and Darren Schwindaman | 06-26-2009 | Gardening

Tags: raised garden beds, food, DIY, gardening

Denver's Urban Gardeners Are Digging Their Backyard Farmsnew

There's a lot of learning to do when it comes to backyard farming, and it's something more and more people are learning to do.

Westword | Joel Warner | 05-04-2009 | Gardening

Tags: Urban Gardening

Why Does it Take $46K to Start a Community Garden in San Diego?new

The nonprofit International Rescue Committee never thought it would spend $46,000 to get permits for an organic garden on the stretch of unused, city-owned land. They figured that the city surely would want folks to farm the land, in the name of food security.

San Diego CityBeat | Rebecca Tolin | 01-14-2009 | Gardening

Tags: food, locavore, farming, San Diego, gardening, community gardens