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K. Ruby is the Queen of DIYnew

Through the Institute of Urban Homesteading, she teaches city folk how to grow vegetables, can food, make wine, and other forgotten skills.

East Bay Express | Kathleen Richards | 05-22-2008 | Culture

Tags: food, DIY, Bay Area, gardening, organic, sustainability, lifestyles, homesteading, Institute of Urban Homesteading

Chives: A Sign of Springnew

Along with onions, garlic, and other pungent shoots and bulbs -- oddly including asparagus -- chives are part of the allium, or lily, family. Includes recipes for Chive and White Bean Hummus and Pan Roast Salmon with Chive Beurre Blanc.

Artvoice | Joe George | 05-16-2008 | Food+Drink

Tags: recipes, salmon, gardening, chives, hummus

School Garden Programs Hope to Change Kids' Relationship with Foodnew

If there's a downside to teaching children how to nurture a green, nutritious school garden, it's hard to fathom. The list of touted benefits is lengthy: students reap fresh air and physical exercise, hands-on participation, awareness of the natural environment, so called "school bonding," and an unprecedented taste for raw spinach.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Dina Maccabee | 04-16-2008 | Food+Drink

Tags: local food, Education, gardening, organic

Resourceful Home Brewers Grow Their Own Ingredientsnew

Growing some of the plants needed for that five-gallon batch of beer will bring new meaning to the term hand-crafted. Plus, growing your own beer ingredients is a great way to brew green.

Isthmus | Robin Shepard | 04-14-2008 | Food+Drink

Tags: Beer, gardening, organic, home brewing

Grassroots Lawn Carenew

How to get healthy, picnic-ready lawns without all the chemicals.

New Haven Advocate | Betsy Yagla | 04-01-2008 | Gardening

Tags: gardening

The Herbivore's Dilemmanew

Big on growing but short on space? Grow bountiful herb and vegetable gardens in pots.

New Haven Advocate | Gloria F. Locke | 04-01-2008 | Gardening

Tags: gardening

Cultivating Carnivoresnew

Don't have a green thumb? Maybe a bloody red one is for you.

Dallas Observer | Andrea Grimes | 12-10-2007 | Gardening

Tags: gardening

Romancing the Bee

Grappling with the unruly Humble Bumble Home inspires profound insight on the gardener/pollinator relationship.

North Coast Journal | Amy Stewart | 09-14-2007 | Gardening

Tags: gardening

Preparing Your Garden for Fallnew

Experience has shown that planting into the warm soil of late summer and fall provides many kinds of plants the environment they need to get well established before the cool-down.

Santa Barbara Independent | Virginia Hayes | 09-11-2007 | Gardening

Tags: gardening