The Sad Truth About Cheap Clothing By Emily Powell As a college-age millennial female, I try to keep my fashion choices moderately updated. But with a tiny monthly budget resulting from typical college-kid expenses (e.g. textbooks and ramen noodles), my disposable income is minimal, leaving me little room to make the most of fashion with small…
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77: Kim Eierman on Native Plants Choosing plants that are appropriate for your ecosystem. – – – – Kim is an environmental horticulturist specializing in ecological landscapes and native plants. She is also the founder of EcoBeneficial!, a horticulture communications and consulting company. Kim teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Native Plant Center and…
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76: Amanda Midkiff on Growing Medicinal Herbs Amanda Midkiff, owner of Locust Light Farm is a medicinal herb farmer and herbalist in New Hope, PA. She had been an organic vegetable farmer for 6 years before making the switch to growing herbs, and she’s been happily surrounded by their beauty ever since. When she’s not farming,…
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Build Fertile Soil with Sheet Mulching (Infographic) Ever wondered about sheet mulching? Check out this great infographic from our friends at Fix.com. Then, if you want to dive in even deeper, sign up for this free video series on Healthy Soil Hacked, which includes a video of Greg demonstrating sheet mulching. Source: Fix.com Blog …
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Featured Farmer: Amanda Midkiff from Locust Light Farm Amanda Midkiff is a medicinal herb farmer and herbalist in New Hope, PA. She had been an organic vegetable farmer for 6 years before making the switch to growing herbs, and she’s been happily surrounded by their beauty ever since. When she’s not farming, Amanda enjoys teaching…
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75: Kristin Parsons on Yard Design Kristin is a native Texan, went to college in Kansas, and ended up in Arizona in 2004. She’s been gardening, raising chickens, planting fruit trees, and constructing buildings ever since! Kristin is an architect and an interior designer, and completed her Permaculture Design Course last fall. She lives on…
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74: Stella Otto on Backyard Fruit Trees Stella Otto got her first taste for fruit growing during annual family outings to the U-pick orchards of western Massachusetts. After receiving a B.S. in horticulture from Michigan State University, she worked at one of largest fruit tree nurseries in the U.S, a major tart cherry orchard near…
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73: John Zahina-Ramos on Just One Backyard Dr. John Zahina-Ramos holds a M.S. degree in the biological sciences and a Ph.D. in geosciences. His dissertation research was focused on the attitudes and perspectives of urban residents towards home food growing. Dr. Zahina-Ramos is an adjunct professor at Palm Beach State College teaching courses in environmental…
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How to Start a Straw Bale Garden By James White Straw bale gardening is a natural and organic method that’s been around for some time now. It’s a great option for gardeners suffering from soil problems or who can’t work the land as hard anymore and need a raised bed. A straw bale garden requires…
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72: Tonyehn Verkitus on Living with Wholeheartedness Tonyehn is the owner of Eco-Arts Living. Eco-Arts Living is about interconnectedness, living with wholeheartedness and meaning, and the lives we want versus the lives WE CREATE for ourselves. We spend too much time focusing on what we don’t have the time, the skill or the money to do. Life is…
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