Intimidated by the idea of starting a large garden? Living in a third story apartment without a yard? Like tea? It might be time for an herbal tea garden. Growing your own herbs is surprisingly easy, as long as you have sunlight and a bit of space - enough for a container garden - even a windowsill will do.
We are often asked why Green City Growers, an urban farming company, doesn't offer hydroponics. We believe there's a difference between feeding the soil (a diverse community of microorganisms) and feeding the plant (in a sterile environment). Hydroponics is important, and has its place in solving the global issue of feeding the world's population by growing up. However, knowing how to feed the soil continues to be possibly the most important component of urban farming, and farming in general for lots of reasons.
A common question from gardeners is when to harvest different fruiting crops. A fruiting crop is not fruit, but a vegetable that bears "fruit" that you eat, instead of eating the leaves or root of the plant. Peppers, tomatoes, and eggplant are all fruiting crops. Knowing when to harvest them will help you get the maximum fruit from your labor.
While everyone's busy worrying about Ebola... Sneezing, sniffling, coughing, aching head - the dreaded cold season is suddenly upon us! And none of us is immune. So Farmer Adrienne (Green City Growers' Director of Education) shared her fail-safe hyperlocal herbal FARMacy cheat sheet to get us all through unscathed.
Kale is a fabulous cool weather crop, one that actually tastes SWEETER when the weather turns cold, losing the bitter taste it can have when grown in warmer months. And unless you're installing cold frames on your garden this week or next, a crop that you should harvest before the first hard frost.
