Organic Home Growing Archives - Page 18 of 30

Notes from Get Growing! Class Two

by Jenn Cloke | Apr 11, 2014 | Organic Home Growing

We had such a great crowd at this Tuesday’s Get Growing! class, the second in the three-part series covering all aspects of organic gardening. Y’all were from all levels of gardening experience, which makes for a really engaging conversation with so many...

I’m as Organic as I can Afford to be

by Ellen Rubenstein Chelmis | Mar 26, 2014 | Organic Home Growing, Organic Living

There are so many reasons to grow some food, and many of them are economic. For one thing now that we’re in the mountains we live on a sloping lot and it’s not so easy, in fact it can be downright dangerous, to mow the lawn. But we have one. And pay someone to mow...

Conference Blog: Vermicomposting for Fun and Profit

by Jenn Cloke | Mar 19, 2014 | Organic Farming, Organic Home Growing, Organic Living

At this year’s Spring Conference, we at OGS decided to set up a handful of volunteers with pen, paper, and the directive to go home after the event and write a post on each class they attended for us to share on the OGS Blog in a series we’re calling the...

Woodland Growing: Wasabi and ‘Wild Mountain Vegetables’

by Jenn Cloke | Mar 18, 2014 | Organic Farming, Organic Home Growing, Organic Living

***PLEASE NOTE: This is the handout provided to attendees at the 2014 Organic Growers School Spring Conference class Woodland Growing: Wasabi and ‘Wild Mountain Vegetables’ with Joe Hollis of Mountain Gardens. While it was intended to be read in...

Using Appalachian Herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine

by Jenn Cloke | Mar 17, 2014 | Organic Farming, Organic Home Growing, Organic Living

***PLEASE NOTE: This is the handout provided to attendees at the 2014 Organic Growers School Spring Conference class Using Appalachian Herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine with Joe Hollis of Mountain Gardens. While it was intended to be read in conjunction with the...

The Herbal Medicine Cabinet

by Jenn Cloke | Mar 17, 2014 | Organic Home Growing, Organic Living

***PLEASE NOTE: This is the handout provided to attendees at the 2014 Organic Growers School Spring Conference class The Herbal Medicine Cabinet with Janet Kent of Medicine County Herbs. While it was intended to be read in conjunction with the speaker’s...