It’s that time of year, at least in this part of the world: to welcome spring. For some of us on the west coast that means less rain, for others it means a very thankful respite from snow.

If ...

I’ve waited for about half a year to become a member of Live Earth Farm. Two days ago, the wait was over when I got an email from Debbie, CSA (Community Support Agriculture) coordinator that I had the ...

I love receiving letters and photos from readers who have downloaded and built their very own vegetable planter box. The latest photos and letter comes from Julie who built a planter box with her husband to grow herbs. ...

You love your garden. And it seems you also like the fresh vegetables it produces. Over the past months one of the most popular posts and videos on SSC has been Loni’s planter box series. The number of ...

This July was a sunny month and I had more than simply a Sunpower solar panel performance graph to show for it. July produced a sizable quantity of tomatoes from my ...

Just back from a wine conference in Sonoma, Loni discovers her vegetable garden is overgrown. Time to cut back and prune!