Imagine getting twice as much production from your garden! Imagine watering less often and having less runoff after it rains. Imagine that you can improve your own soil without having to send money to distant fertilizer manufacturers. All of this is possible with the addition of a single soil amendment. Bio-char! Biochar is the name of a 2,000 year-old practice that …
Category: Gardening
Let’s Get Planting! at Greens and Grains, Lunch and a Lesson with Linda on April 5
Join Door County’s organic gardening guru, Linda Cockburn for an informative class on planting and seed collecting. Linda will explain how to start your seed flats, how to maintain them and how to eventually transplant them into your own organic garden. Join Mother Nature as you watch life burst out of the soil! Then, reap the benefits of healthy, pure, natural …
Starting Your Door County Garden, Classes with Linda, Mar 16 and 23
Spring’s coming and it’s time to get those veggies started indoors. Linda Cockburn, Door County’s organic and heirloom gardening maven, will help you do just that on Wednesday, March 16 and 23 at 2 pm. She will teach you how to: organize your planting schedule, start your garden in just one flat and understand the ins and outs of transplanting. Gardening questions …
What’s a CSA? Carmon’s Gardens Launches Door County Community Supported Agriculture
Joining a CSA is a way for individuals and families to partner with a local Door County farm in a unique sharing experience. A Community Supported Agriculture farm (CSA) is usually a small family-run enterprise that markets produce directly to members of their local community. Customers purchase “shares” in the CSA farm before the growing season begins. This advanced commitment …
Gardener’s Bumper Crop… Eat Those Weeds!
It’s summer and most gardeners are doing battle with weeks. But botanist Dr. James A. Duke has a different take on some common weeds: he eats them and boils them for tea. Dr. Duke has written many books on the healing power of plants and herbs, including The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook: Your Everyday Reference to the Best Herbs for …