1. Introduction
Choosing open-pollinated seeds is not only a gardening decision — it is a decision about nutrition, biodiversity and soil health. Organic and open-pollinated (OP) seeds support living soils, flavor, dietary diversity and low-input...
🌱 INTRODUCTION
January doesn’t look like a gardening month. But here’s the truth: what you do in January determines your entire gardening year.While most gardens seem dormant, soil life is still active, roots can still...
🌱 INTRODUCTION
If your vegetable garden failed last spring, it probably wasn’t because of the seeds. It was because of timing.In 2026, gardening by instinct or outdated calendars is no longer enough. Climate instability, late...
🌿 1. Why December Is Not a Dormant Month
People often imagine December as the end of the gardening year. In reality, it marks the beginning of the next cycle.
Experienced gardeners know that the soil...
1. Why Create an Indoor Jungle in Winter?
When the outside world turns grey, your home can stay alive.
Indoor plants don’t just decorate — they heal, filter, and regulate. According to NASA’s Clean Air...
Living mulch is a low, living plant layer sown beneath or between crops to protect soil instead of using inert materials. It shades, covers, and feeds—a green carpet that limits evaporation, slows weeds, shelters...
🌾 1. What Is Mulching?
Mulching means covering the soil surface with an organic or mineral layer that protects, nourishes, and stabilizes the ecosystem beneath.
It’s one of the core practices of permaculture, where each...
🌾 1. What Are Green Manures?
Green manures are plants sown not to be harvested, but to feed the soil.
Their mission: capture nutrients, protect the surface, fix nitrogen, and stimulate microbial life.
They are...