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Garden Product Reviews

Cate’s Pruning Shears

By N. R. Mallery

Two pruning shears came in from Cate’s Garden for review. They are both of the highest quality and are available together on Amazon Prime for $61.94

I LOVE these pruning shears!! Oh my goodness – they’re just the best I have ever held in my […]

Micro-Gardening:

Everyone Should Do It

Micro Basil Forest. Photo by Jake Egolf

By Dane O’Leary

A garden limited to a very small space and intensively cultivated is called a “micro-garden.” Urban dwellers have long been growing their own produce in such spaces. However, contemporary micro-gardening can be done in in any type […]

Two Garden Product Reviews

that Make Gardening Fun!

By N. R. Mallery

I love gardening, but when the weed’s get ahead of you, it’s easy to become overwhelmed. It can seem like you are fighting a losing battle against the persistent weeds.

When you grow organically, chemical weed killers are not an option. So in our quest for a […]

Celebrate International Compost Awareness Week!

The Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD) and Green Mountain Compost are joining the rest of the planet in celebrating International Compost Awareness Week, May 3-9, with a roster of fun, soil-boosting workshops and activities. Check out the list below and reserve your spot at CSWD’s Compost Awareness Week web page at http://cswd.net/composting/compost-awareness-week/

SATURDAY!!! Toxins and pollinators at Vt Law School

WHEN: Saturday, April 18, 2015: 9:00 am – 12:00 noon and 1:30 to 4:00 pm WHERE: Chase Hall, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT WHAT: ” BEES, or not to BE”, a FREE public presentation at VT Law School

Honey bees are dying at alarming rates, with reported yearly loses of 20 to 50% in […]

Garden Panel Forum: How Does Your Garden Grow?

UVFC Events

Thursday, March 19th at 6pm

Garden Panel Forum: How Does Your Garden Grow?

Upstairs at the Co-op

Upper Valley Food Co-op 193 North Main White River Junction, VT 05001 802/295-5804

This Forum is Free and open to the Upper Valley community. Please register in-store, or call 802-295-5804 or email info@uppervalleyfood.coop Info:

More and […]

NESEA Speakers at BuildingEnergy 15: George Mokray, Viraj Puri, and Rebecca Rahmlow

 

George Mokray

Urban Food Production, Distribution and Energy Recovery

Wednesday, March 04, 2015

4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Multi-Sector

Viraj Puri

As architects, engineers, and municipal planners, how can we rethink the built environment to install more urban food production and distribution in the city?

Rebecca Rahmlow

An urban permaculture […]

Harvesting Seeds to Save

Containers of seeds drying in the living room

By Sylvia Davatz

The gardening season is drawing to a close, and by now the downstairs living space of any self-respecting seed saver is carpeted with flats and dishes of drying seeds awaiting final cleaning, sorting, labeling, and storing, so full of promise for the […]

Pears, Permaculture and Perry

By David Fried

Perry delivered the mail in our neighborhood for about 40 years. Every once in a while I would give him a grape vine to plant at his place, or a fig tree (for indoors). Now he has retired and we miss him. Besides being the only one to connect the dots between […]

What is Permaculture?

A Simple Explanation

Permaculture is forest gardens, natural buildings, edible landscapes, community design, and more!

What permaculture guru Bill Mollison describes in his books is a totally integrated design system that’s modeled on nature. If you design your garden or farm like a natural system you can save yourself a lot […]