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2011-10-27 - Hartke Is Online - Green Thumb Gardener Starts a Free Garden Classifieds Website
Maureen Farmer is a master gardener who came up with a new backyard bounty sharing website. The Farmer’s Garden (www.thefarmersgarden.com) is an easy to use website, where registered users can place ads. These free garden classifieds help you to ...
- 2011-07-22 - Food Skills for Self-Sufficiency
Do you grow your own garden? Have you ever been surprised by something you planted by how much it OVER produced? Have you ever considered trading surplus produce? ...
- 2011-06-22 - Humble Seed - The Farmer's Garden
The Idea - A few years ago, I tried vegetable gardening in one 3 by 6 raised bed to save money, eat healthier and become more self-sufficient. I was so thrilled with the outcome ...
- 2011-04-02 - Gardening Jones - The Green Closet
I’ve always thought it would be ‘cool’ to have a root cellar- or some similar kind of cold holding. Imagine being able to eat fresh homegrown veggies farther into the winter, instead of frozen, canned and dehydrated....
- 2010-06-15 - Examiner - Where can I find, trade or sell home-grown vegetables and fruits?
If you grow fruits and vegetables you know how sometimes you get too much of a good thing -- or not enough from your garden. Instead of ringing the doorbells of neighbors you\'ve already drowned with your extra produce and running away, ...
- 2010-05-26 - Green Racine
Radio interview on Green Racine Blog Talk Radio.
- 2010-05-19 - Farm to Table - The Farmer’s Garden – An Online Resource for Local Produce
Five years ago, I tried vegetable gardening in one 3 ft by 6 ft cedar raised bed to save money and become more self-sufficient. I was so thrilled with the results and discovered a passion for vegetable gardening...
- 2010-05-18 - Organic Authority - 5 Secrets to Vegetable Garden, Companion Planting Revealed
What is Companion Planting? Companion planting is simply planting different garden plant species next to each other, so that one or both of the plants benefits one another...
- 2010-05-04 - Oh, My How My Garden Grows!
Tosha over at Savings Makes Cents, had told me about a great place called The Farmer's Garden. This is a site that is dedicated to gardeners finding other gardeners who want to share their harvest...
- 2010-04-15 - Your Spring Vegetable Garden: When to Plant What
Organic Authority - You don’t have to wait until the last average frost date in your area to start a vegetable garden outdoors. As soon as the ground can be worked, onions, peas and spinach can be added to your garden...
- 2010-04-02 - Gardening Jones - Farming For Friends
A number of years ago I found my self growing more produce than I could use. Although I preserve/freeze/dehydrate, there were still leftovers...
- 2010-03-30 - Fooducate - Backyard Veggies for Fun and Profit (The Farmer’s Garden Story)
Five years ago, I tried vegetable gardening in one 3 by 6 raised bed to save money, eat healthier and become more self-sufficient. I was so thrilled with the outcome that the next year I enrolled in the Connecticut Master Gardener program...
- 2010-03-25 - DOs and DON’Ts of Fertilizing Your Organic Garden
Organic Authority - Do test Your Soil
The best-planned garden will not be successful if your soil doesn’t contain the proper nutrients in the correct proportions. Soil tests are important to determine if enhancements are needed in your garden...
- 2010-03-24 - 7 Easy Steps to Get Your Organic Garden Started
Organic Authority - The weather outside might still be frightful, but you can start preparing a delightful organic garden for planting season. There’s more to do in early spring than just dream about your future garden flowers or bountiful harvest...
- 2010-02-16 - Local Produce For Trade / Barter: The Farmer’s Garden
Aptly named Maureen Farmer, a master gardener and techie, built a site “where people can post free classifieds to sell, trade or give away their surplus backyard garden produce.” The Farmer’s Garden is the spot and it just needs more folks in the ...
- 2010-02-15 - 5 Ways to Control Pests in Your Organic Gardens
Organic Authority - There are many safe, organic and cost effective ways to rid your garden of destructive pests. The first step is to determine what is causing the problem in your garden. Many harmful insects are plant specific...
- 2010-01-31 - Caroline's Garden Party
"Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat" keeps our own neighborhood farmers' market from bringing fresh produce, organic meats and baked goods, and locally grown cut flowers...
- 2010-01-30 - Star Tribune - Eating Local Made a Little Easier
It's almost February and your local farmer's market is just a faint memory, or perhaps a hopeful fantasy on the snowy horizon. In Minnesota, truly eating with the seasons might involve more sauerkraut than I'm willing to allow...
- 2010-01-29 - Making Local Eating a Little Easier
Just days after the announcement of Apple's iPad, it's easy to think that all the new ideas are hi-tech, complex and out of our reach. And then an idea comes along that is sweet and simple, and based on sharing...
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