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4 days ago

Don't Throw Out Coffee Grounds, Put Them On Your Patio - Tasting Table

Coffee grounds effectively repel ants and can prevent infestations when used proactively.

2 days ago

Learning more about KWS hybrid rye, Ep 2: The push and pull of the market

The rye market faces challenges due to decreased demand and overproduction, prompting growers to adapt their strategies and explore new markets.

Renovation

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Meanwhile, On Gardenista: Full Circle - Remodelista

Circles and openings in gardens create a sense of movement and calm.

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2 days ago

Agriculture

Infographic: Tips for an Environmentally Responsible, Low-Maintenance Yard

Agriculture

Still Buying Seeds For Your Vegetable Garden? Check Out Local Libraries Instead - Here's Why - Tasting Table

2 days ago

Infographic: Tips for an Environmentally Responsible, Low-Maintenance Yard

An environmentally friendly approach to yard maintenance can save time, money, and effort while benefiting the local ecosystem.

Agriculture

Still Buying Seeds For Your Vegetable Garden? Check Out Local Libraries Instead - Here's Why - Tasting Table

Why Timing Is Everything When It Comes To Pruning Blueberry Bushes - Tasting Table

Pruning blueberry bushes annually at the right time enhances fruit yield and plant health.

Everyday cooking

Fireplace Ashes Can Boost Your Vegetable Garden - If You Use Them The Right Way - Tasting Table

Wood ash serves as a nutrient-rich, budget-friendly fertilizer that enhances plant growth, modifies soil pH, and deters garden pests when applied sparingly in small doses.

3 days ago

5 Delicious Garden Favorites You May Be Able To Plant In April - Tasting Table

Timing is crucial for successful kitchen gardening, especially for planting seasonal vegetables and fruits.

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5 days ago

5 Ways Interseeding Can Change the Farming Landscape

Interseeding enhances crop output and sustainability by allowing multiple crops to grow simultaneously, benefiting both large and small farms.

Seed, Sprout, Spectacular: Tips for Starting Your Garden From Scratch

Starting plants from seed extends your relationship with the garden, gives you more control over seed sourcing, and saves real money compared to buying nursery starts, sometimes as much as 90% per plant.

Agriculture

These 10 Fruits And Vegetables Don't Belong In Raised Beds - Tasting Table

Raised beds provide access to fresh food, even organic veggies and fruits if you choose, for a fraction of grocery store prices.

Agriculture

Loveland Products launching more than 20 new products for 2026

"We're bringing over 20 new products... in the adjuvant space, the crop protection space, seed treatment, as well as the plant nutrition space," Walker states, emphasizing the significant volume of innovations for the upcoming year.

Agriculture

The Earth911 Rain Garden Installation Guide

Rain gardens capture stormwater runoff, filter pollutants, reduce irrigation needs, and recharge groundwater while decreasing strain on municipal water systems.

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Country diary: The weeds in my garden aren't disposable they're edible | Michael White

Edible weeds can be transformed from nuisances into valuable crops, providing nutrition during the hungry gap between winter and spring harvests.

Canola School: Pre-seed weed control, kochia management, and herbicide rotation (Part 2 of 2)

Kochia continues to spread beyond its traditional areas, bringing resistance to multiple herbicide groups. This shift may require growers to rethink their canola systems, including variety selection.

Agriculture

Classic Sustainability In Your Ear: The Ocean River Institute's Natural Lawn Challenge for Climate Action

Natural lawn practices reduce water consumption, eliminate harmful chemicals, support pollinators, and store significantly more carbon than chemically-treated lawns, making healthy lawns powerful climate change solutions.

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3 years ago

We Asked Experts About the Gardening Mistakes to Avoid This Spring-These Are Their 12 Top Tips

Gardening mistakes are common and costly, but beginners can avoid major pitfalls by starting small, choosing correct locations with adequate sunlight, and understanding plant-specific requirements.

Canada news

A clean pass under pressure: Why farmers need to take the next shift on plant breeding

Canadian agricultural research faces structural funding pressures and requires a new, diversified research strategy to preserve critical knowledge, regain lost ground, and compete globally.

Can You Grow A Garden From Grocery Store Produce Seeds? - Tasting Table

Growing vegetables from store-bought seeds is possible but results vary based on produce type, growing method, and post-harvest treatment, with hybrid plants producing different crops than their parent plants.

The Agronomists, Ep 233: The sulphur on soybeans payoff, with Henry Prinzen and Karl Wyant

Sulphur additions in crop rotations show increasing evidence of benefits, particularly for soybeans and in managing soilborne diseases like SDS.

How early weed pressure affects crop yield before plants even emerge

Crops detect weed presence through light signals before emerging from soil, triggering stress responses that reduce growth and yield before physical competition begins.

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13 Lawn Care Tips to Fix Everyday Landscaping Problems

Practical lawn care strategies including early weed removal, pre-emergent treatments, and proper fertilization can solve most common lawn problems and maintain healthy, thick grass.

Education

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My rookie era: I wanted to think about something that wasn't grim, so I enrolled in gardening school

Free TAFE horticulture courses deliver practical skills, plant identification, and a supportive community for adult learners balancing study with work.

fromRedfin | Real Estate Tips for Home Buying, Selling & More

Post-Winter Yard Cleanup: Essential Steps for Spring Yard Prep

Spring yard cleanup after winter is essential to repair freeze-thaw damage, prevent disease, and prepare your lawn and garden for healthy growth.

fromModern Farmer

Spring Soil Amendments: What to Add to the Field in March

March is an ideal time to amend soil when temperatures reach 40°F or higher, with compost being a gentle, nutrient-rich amendment that supports soil microbiomes and plant health.

Guest Idea: Reusing Yard Debris

Yard debris such as leaves, branches, and grass clippings can be reused to improve soil health, reduce waste, and support sustainable landscapes.

fromArchitectural Digest

1 year ago

13 Raised Garden Bed Ideas to Elevate Your Backyard This Spring

Raised beds allow gardeners to engineer ideal soil conditions, improve ergonomics, protect crops from pests, and enable faster soil warming and easier watering compared to ground-level gardening.

4 weeks ago

Growing Strawberries? This Brilliant Backyard Method Is So Easy - Tasting Table

Growing strawberries in gutters is an accessible beginner-friendly method requiring minimal space, drainage holes, soil, and eight hours of daily sunlight for successful vertical gardening.

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Backyard vegetable gardens are healthy for people and the planet. Here's how to start yours

Backyard vegetable gardens reduce food-related emissions, improve soil and pollinator habitat, and boost physical, social, emotional, and nutritional health.

Check Out These Great Gardening Tips

Embrace native plants, avoid chemical garden products, and practice eco-friendly gardening to benefit nature and human well-being.

fromwww.theguardian.com

When it comes to preparing seeds for your garden, you'll reap what you sow

To an unimaginable eye, a seed looks inert. Yet they are packed with genetic information and biological processes poised to unfold. All it takes is the right configuration of signals and stimuli from the environment to let them know it's time to dare to grow.

Agriculture

Books To Get You Garden-Ready

Gardening must adapt to climate change through plant selection, soil improvement, water harvesting, microclimate creation, and season-by-season resilience strategies.

fromModern Farmer

5 Cover Crops You Can Plant in February

Plant cover crops in February to improve soil health, prevent erosion, sequester carbon, conserve groundwater, and increase farm economic returns.

What's the best way to manage crop residue?

No-till is the preferred residue management strategy among surveyed growers, preserving soil cover and supporting soil health.

The Slow-Growing Crop That Pays Off Big When You Start It From Seed - Tasting Table

People grow asparagus from crowns because it shortens the long wait times for harvesting. From seed, you'll need to wait three years before harvesting asparagus. Some people consider that a waste of time. The tradeoff is that you can keep harvesting every spring for up to 15 years or more. If you plant crowns, you get a one-year jump on things. However, those crowns may have soil-borne diseases you don't know about, so there is a risk involved. Seeds remove that problem.

Agriculture

Corn School: What to do with all that residue?

Corn residue per acre has roughly doubled since 1985 due to higher yields, denser plant populations, earlier planting, and improved genetics and management.

Learning more about KWS hybrid rye, Ep 1

Hybrid rye offers high digestibility and versatile feed and forage use for livestock with manageable ergot risk using modern hybrids and proper feeding practices.

Wheat School: Growing 235-bushel winter wheat with U.K. farmer Mark Stubbs

Exceptional wheat yields result from deep-rooting on chalk soils, high plant populations, improved soil organic matter, and managing local constraints like blackgrass.

Soybean School: Fine-tuning P & K for yield and economics

Soil-testing shows ~15 ppm P and 90–100 ppm K thresholds; fertilizing below them often increases soybean yields economically, above them returns diminish.

New seed treatment delivers one-two punch for wireworm control in cereals

Equento Cereals offers contact and systemic wireworm control with plinazolin plus thiamethoxam, while delivering broad seed- and soil-borne disease protection in Western Canada (2026).

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An Essential Part of Farming Has Two Wings and a Beak

When you think of farming, what ingredients do you generally associate with a successful harvest? The basics certainly come to mind: fertile soil, plenty of sunlight and lots of water. But there are other variables that can also mean the difference between a crop of healthy fruits and vegetables and a large heap of organic waste. And it turns out that one of those variables is a very small hawk.

Agriculture