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No Tractor? No Problem!

No Tractor? No Problem!

Saturday July 11, 2020 Not sure when I have felt so inspired and accomplished in garden work. Yet, I’m not completely exhausted from doing it. I’ve just come indoors from my chore time in my research no-till garden. One hour in this garden on Saturday mornings, alone...
A Better Way to Garden and Farm

A Better Way to Garden and Farm

When I was getting on the bus to leave Spring Forth Farm, I knew I would be back. From the organized appearance of the farm to hearing their story and then the teaching began, wowza. My wheels started turning. Before I left their farm that day over a year ago, I...
Lisa Live! Cover Crop

Lisa Live! Cover Crop

Cover cropping is so beneficial and is for small and big gardens. The secret is to select the right one for the season and for your garden. View our cover crop seed and inoculant here. Claim your FREE guide to Getting Started with Cover Cropping here! Founder of The...
Lisa Live! Puny Plants

Lisa Live! Puny Plants

Late summer is the perfect time to take stock of the problem areas in your garden. They are usually very evident as extreme conditions like drought or to much rain have flushed them out.  Make a plan to tackle those areas in fall when the temperatures maybe a little...
Lisa Live! Talking Warm-Season Planting

Lisa Live! Talking Warm-Season Planting

This week on Lisa Live! I’m talking about: The proper time to plant warm-season annuals Steps to take if you want to plant earlier. Why we as flower farmers have to start early. As always I am answering your questions live!   Founder of The Gardener’s...

Planting Grandma’s Garden

The worker bees of Grandma’s Garden are busy bringing this garden to life. The cool-season peas and beets are on their way to bringing bounty and we have all kinds of warm-season plants hitting the ground running. Spring is turning out to be extra special on the farm...
Grandma’s Garden

Grandma’s Garden

…where more than vegetables will be growing. Grandma’s Garden was inspired by one very special woman, my mother-in-law Ruby Ziegler. She is the most extraordinary and most hospitable person I’ve ever met. (And an amazing cook!) Something so rare in modern...

FAQ: Seed Starting with Soil Blocking

I have been soil blocking since the beginning of my flower farming career in 1998. When I discovered soil blocking in Eliot Coleman’s book The New Organic Grower it solved a couple of challenges for me. I didn’t, and still don’t have a greenhouse. My urban...

Free and Easy Super Soil!

Who knew building super soil could be free and easy! The only ingredient required are leaves and they are falling to the ground now and waiting for you. The Gift of Grandpa Ziegler The #1 question I get is “how did you build that super soil on your farm?” My reply is...

Garden full of flowers, Open Farm

As spring is rapidly moving into summer, I am always surprised by the variety of flowers we grow. To think we can have sweet peas and zinnias at the same time seems crazy– but it’s true. Each weekly harvest this time of year changes so much. It seems like...

Winning the War on Weeds!

One of the most common questions I’m asked is how do I deal with weeds? My answer is simple: we do our best to prevent them and when we don’t prevent them we use a hoe. When using a real garden hoe (like our grandparents used) it is effortless to prevent weeds and to...