I got to ask Mel Bartholomew father of the Square Foot Gardening method what he thought about the issues some people see around peat moss. I learned a bit - enjoy http://www.melbartholomew.com/whats-up-with-peat-moss/

Are you a Square Foot Gardener? What's your experience? How many beds do you have and what do you grow?

Sharon Astyk is one of my favorite thinkers on resilience and sustainability. She brings it down to the ground where it belongs. In this blog she covers what we need to get sustainability working in our neighborhoods. It's going to take more than canning, kale and clotheslines. It's going to take getting involved at the municipal level as an organized group and at a national level. Many of the things that make living in the burbs potentially sustainable - are actually illegal at this time.…

According to the USDA:

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released the new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM), updating a useful tool for gardeners and researchers for the first time since 1990 with greater…

At a personal and at the community level we are all looking for ways to thrive in tough times. It is surely a struggle our families and our friends. So much change, so much uncertainty even as we hear the economy is improving.... It is not improving for many of us. This is a list of my favorite books to help you get way beyond survival. We can dream bigger dreams while recognizing our interdependence. There is a new vision emerging...join us!…

So I went to my shop today where I keep all my seeds and gardening stuff. It's mid January. We just got eight inches of snow. I started absentmindedly filling small pots with soil. My body had decided it was time to start those tomato…

So like many, I go overboard when it comes to seeds. I've done this too many years now.

I live in the high desert of Eastern Oregon. And it is time for me to concede that many things don't do well here.

The hardest thing to accept is that peppers are probably never going to do well.

So as I peruse my giant pile of catalogs this year I will be looking for short season varieties of everything. I will also be conceding that the Extension service in my area may have a great…

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Urban Farm Magazine asked their subscribers to name their favorite tweeple - @hyperlocavore made the list! Made our day! Thanks folks! Follow us at Twitter.com/hyperlocavore and check out this months issue of Urban Farm Magazine - Coolest feature - DIY dehydrator plans!