The Determined Gardener

01/23/2019

WKRG

WKRG

Want to fly to Denver or Chicago for $39?

05/30/2017

Gardening Tips

Gardening Tips

Wow! Good to know!

07/27/2016

UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center

If you're lucky enough to be eating and sharing veggies from your garden, you want to know the best ways to store them. https://www.facebook.com/UCDavisPostharvest

The mission of the Center is to reduce postharvest losses and improve the quality, safety and marketability of fresh horticultural products.

07/13/2016

Seasoning with Herbs and Spices

Another great link from the Gulf Coast Herb Society in Mobile.

Let Lindsay Herman teach you how to grow, harvest, and preserve over a hundred different spices and herbs so that you never have to wonder again about the best seasoning for the taste you crave.

07/06/2016

Victory Teaching Farm

These are such great people!

Victory Teaching Farm is an urban teaching farm located one block south of the historic cannon
in Midtown Mobile with a focus on sustainable agriculture.

07/06/2016

Sage Recipes: 45 Things To Do With Fresh Sage | Chocolate & Zucchini

Having fun with herbs!

Got an overflow of sage in your garden and not sure what to do with it? Here are 45 inspired sage recipes, ideas, and tips.

09/27/2015

Save Monarchs from Dow's Chemical Assault!

In case anyone else would like to sign this petition.

Tell Dow Chemical's CEO to shelve its plans for selling its newest milkweed-destroying herbicide, Enlist Duo -- before it can weak more destruction on monarch butterflies. Join the fight now.

09/27/2015

How beautiful!

A Moment In Time.....

By John Kolenberg

09/17/2015

FREE Milkweed Seeds

FREE Milkweed Seeds

Thank you for your interest in saving the monarch butterfly! We offer seeds in packets or in bulk. Each seed packet contains 25-30 Asclepias incarnata milkweed seeds with instructions for planting.

09/13/2015

Eat Local Grown

Who loves to garden?

09/07/2015

Eat Local Grown

Awesome!

09/07/2015

Have some candy!

09/06/2015

End of summer garden in northeast Georgia

08/30/2015

Why salad is so overrated

But it's so delicious and easy to grow in your back yard, on your patio or deck!

UNEARTHED | Calorically a zero, the greens are a leafy-green waste of resources that lead eaters astray.

08/25/2015

Needs | United Way Volunteer Connect

I'm sharing this with all the generous people who might be able to help!

08/24/2015

Re-Scape.com

Ideas are free!

Rescapedotcom -Inspired Recycling! Hi! I'm Brenda, bringing you recycling inspiration from the simple to the sublime! Please Keep It Positive!

08/23/2015

Something to really think about.

:-) (y)

08/23/2015

Sign the petition: Protect our families from Roundup

Sign the petition: Protect our families from Roundup

New studies have found that Monsanto’s Roundup contains chemicals that are “probably carcinogenic.” Send a message to the EPA and FDA and tell them to suspend the sale of Roundup! http://bit.ly/1TMlcEA

08/22/2015

About the Challenge – Million Pollinator Garden Challenge

Pollinators are at risk, so sign me up!

The Million Pollinator Garden Challenge (MPGC) is a nationwide call to action to preserve and create gardens and landscapes that help revive the health of bees, butterflies, birds, bats and other pollinators across America. We will move millions of individuals, kids and families outdoors and make a…

07/10/2015

He Holds the Patent that Could Destroy Monsanto and Change the World

He Holds the Patent that Could Destroy Monsanto and Change the World

If there's anything you read – or share – let this be it. The content of this article has potential to radically shift the world in a variety of positive ways. And as Monsanto would love for this article to not go viral, all we can ask is that you share, share, share the information be

01/07/2015

Mamavation

Mamavation

Have you watched Robyn O'Brien's Tedx talk? It completely changed my life.

It's about how food can impact our reality in ways that we never considered. And this is a MUST SEE for moms.

And for those of you who don't know what are, Robyn is a really really good person to learn from.

01/07/2015

Price of olive oil soaring after worst harvest in over a decade

Price of olive oil soaring after worst harvest in over a decade

Wholesale costs double following ‘black year’ for farms in southern Europe and north Africa

07/18/2014

Video on Fantastic Fungi

http://fungifilm.com/?mc_cid=8ce512e9d6&mc_eid=26f0babb0d

Taste the forbidden fruit

05/04/2014

I also let the wildflowers go to seed before mowing the lawn♥

Dandelions deserve a gold medal. One of the first links in that magical chain of events bringing dinner to our tables, this sunny flower is one of the first spring foods for bees. If bees survive the winter, they look to dandelions and other wildflowers for nutrition — so they can begin the work of pollinating our fruits and vegetables. As you know, the bees are in a pickle right now. Their population is dwindling. Let's not kill off anything that helps the bees.

03/24/2014

These flowers don't stay long.

03/22/2014

Flowering tree seen next to an office building parking lot. Can you spot the hidden bird's nest in the picture to the left?

10/10/2013

Weekend project? :)

Rain gardens can be beautiful and beneficial additions to urban properties. Here’s how to plant a rain garden in a small space: http://bit.ly/dzN3TB

06/01/2013

5 Ways of Supporting Your Tomato Plants | Kitchen Gardeners International

In the summertime, it's all about the tomatoes!

Tomatoes are happy to grow every which way, rightside up, upside down, left and right. So why bother to put complicated and potentially expensive support structures in place to prop them up? To understand why, you need to know that a tomato plant's needs and your needs as a tomato-eater are not the...

01/19/2013

How to Reap the Most from What You Sow

I haven't read it yet, so can't review. Looks interesting, though.

Every plant's objective is to reproduce- it's just that simple. Learn how to use this information and simple techniques to easily increase your vegetable harvest. Includes specifics on Vertical Gardening, Inter-cropping, Days to Maturity, and Cross-pollination.

01/15/2013

GOURMETS FOR GARDENS -- “FOOD FOR OUR FUTURE”

GOURMETS FOR GARDENS -- “FOOD FOR OUR FUTURE”

If you love to garden, or just love to eat, here’s an event in downtown Mobile to intrigue your mind and your taste buds. The Center for Family and Community Development offers their 1st annual “Gourmets for Gardens” benefit! It’s … Continue reading →

12/03/2012

Bee Station ™ - The Bee Refuelling and Nesting Site

Christmas gift idea!

If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only have four years of life left. Help the Bees. Get a Bee Station and put it in your garden.

12/03/2012

To everyone: please share your favorite garden news and photos of your garden ideas! Thanks! - dG

12/03/2012

FOOD TANK: THE FOOD THINK TANK

Making connections between food eaters, food producers and "thought leaders." Exciting!
http://www.foodtank.org

...THE TRAILER...

11/29/2012

Goat Cheese by Belle Chevre | Goat Cheese Breakfast Spreads | Goat Cheese Recipes and Cooking | Gour

Here's a new source for artisan goat cheese. yum!

Fromagerie Belle Chevre goat cheese and goat cheese breakfast spreads.

10/06/2012

U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance

U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance

People rightly want to understand where the food they serve their families comes from. But today’s increasingly global food system has made this more and more difficult. Which is why we are working to build a more open system for communicating to consumers about how food gets from farm to fork. Farmers and ranchers, tell us about your farms or ranches - and tell us about how you grow and raise food.