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Blumats and No-Till Gardening

December 10, 2019 by fifthseason Leave a Comment

-Mike Weeks- Growing organically has always been a passion for us, and we love learning and teaching the best methods to do so. Since it's cold, and none of us are really spending much time out in the garden, I thought I would bring you to one of our off-site, indoor hemp gardens, because there’s plenty of action happening there. I have been practicing a gardening method known as “no-till”, a term well-known in the outdoor gardening community, but there are ways to apply this to an indoor … [Read more...] about Blumats and No-Till Gardening

Filed Under: Hydroponics, Organic Gardening Tagged With: container garden, container planting, Earthworms, hydro, hydroponic gardening, Hydroponics, indoor garden, indoor gardening, No-Till, Organic, organic garden, Organic gardening, worm

Compost: Yes, You Can Make it Yourself (and compost tea too!)

November 5, 2019 by fifthseason 1 Comment

-Sally Watkins- Compost is all the rage in the sustainability and permaculture communities, but what can compost do for you and your home garden, and how can you produce it on a small scale? In this blog post, we are going to discuss how to get your compost tumbler or pile to create rich, nutritious compost as efficiently as possible, and finish up with a great recipe for compost tea. If you have a yard with some space away from your house, the simplest way to compost is to create a basic … [Read more...] about Compost: Yes, You Can Make it Yourself (and compost tea too!)

Filed Under: Organic Gardening Tagged With: Compost, Compost Tea, organic garden, Organic gardening, Permaculture, sustainability, Vermicompost, Worm Castings, worm composting

Caring For Indoor Citrus Trees

July 16, 2019 by fifthseason 2 Comments

-Pam Scott- Bringing tropical greenery into a room softens corners, adding an inviting warmth to most spaces. A windowsill full of blooming African violets, wintered over annuals, forced spring bulbs, scented geraniums, or fragrant culinary herbs will certainly brighten your spirits on a cold bleak day. The scents and colors of an indoor garden can remind us that the warmth and light that we crave during winter will once again be ours. One of the most rewarding families of plants to incorporate … [Read more...] about Caring For Indoor Citrus Trees

Filed Under: Organic Gardening Tagged With: citrus plant, citrus tree, House plants, houseplants, lemon, lime, organic garden, Organic gardening, tangerine

Nectar-Producing Plants and Host Plants: Superheroes of the Garden

May 14, 2019 by fifthseason 1 Comment

-Pam Scott- The importance of pollinating and beneficial insects in our world cannot be over stressed. The production of 3⁄4 of our major food crops depends on insect pollinators. Most of the crops we grow and eat (tomatoes, cucumbers, almonds, eggplants, fruits and berries, to name just a few) need pollinators to produce fruit. Unfortunately, the population of both native and managed pollinators is in decline due to destruction of habitat and the use of broad-spectrum pesticides. Perversely, … [Read more...] about Nectar-Producing Plants and Host Plants: Superheroes of the Garden

Filed Under: Organic Gardening Tagged With: Herb Garden, herbs, Honey Bees, Monarch Butterflies, organic garden, Organic gardening, pollinators

So Much Soil!

February 5, 2019 by fifthseason Leave a Comment

-Luis Guerra- We carry a wide range of soils at our Fifth Season locations, and we know it can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming to select a soil that’s right for your particular growing situation. It may seem like dirt, is dirt, is dirt, but the truth is that different plants have different needs, and even the same plants have different needs depending on where they are in their growth cycle. While we are always happy to talk with you in person, we thought it might be helpful to have a … [Read more...] about So Much Soil!

Filed Under: Organic Gardening Tagged With: McEnroe Potting Soil, organic garden, Organic gardening, Roots Potting Soil, seed starting, soil, soil conditions, soil type

Compost Tea Made Easy

January 29, 2019 by fifthseason Leave a Comment

-Gabrial House- With spring approaching, it’s time to start thinking about your garden, and the best way to help your plants fight off heat, high humidity, and the dry soil that’s sure to come. For me, the best route to take is treating my garden to a fresh batch of compost tea.  As the name implies, compost tea is made by steeping compost in water, and using the resulting liquid gold on or around your plants. Most of us know the benefits that compost provides to our garden soil, but … [Read more...] about Compost Tea Made Easy

Filed Under: Organic Gardening Tagged With: Compost, Compost Tea, fertilizer, organic garden, Organic gardening, soil fertility, spring gardening

Save Your Scraps

October 22, 2018 by fifthseason Leave a Comment

-Chris Amaya- Thinking twice about which food scraps get thrown away can help reduce your grocery bills and give you the pleasure of growing your own produce at home.  There are more than a handful of vegetables and herbs that I rarely re-buy or start from seed because I grow them from leftover bits of my original veggies or herbs. Starting with organic produce is going to be the underlying theme here, because many conventional growers and food distributors will use a sprout inhibitor … [Read more...] about Save Your Scraps

Filed Under: Organic Gardening, Urban D.I.Y. Tagged With: organic garden, Organic gardening, produce, scraps, vegetable gardening

What are Cover Crops? And Why Use Them?

September 25, 2018 by fifthseason Leave a Comment

-Patrick Metz- As summer starts to wind down and fall approaches, it is time to start thinking about the post-harvest environment of your garden. Best practice shows us that, dollar for dollar, planting a cover crop is the best thing you can do for your garden.  Here are some of the benefits: prevents erosion, improves soil health, adds organic matter, attracts pollinators, promotes and feeds your soil biology, increases tilth, and suppresses weeds. What does this mean for you? Your garden … [Read more...] about What are Cover Crops? And Why Use Them?

Filed Under: Organic Gardening Tagged With: Cover crop, Cover crops, fall, fall crops, fall garden, fall gardening, organic garden, Organic gardening

Homemade Smoke’n Hot Paprika

September 11, 2018 by fifthseason 1 Comment

-Pam Scott- The days are getting shorter, summer is winding down, and I can’t say I will miss the beastly hot days that have kept me out of the garden. The cooler nights seem to be reviving some of the annual flowers, tomatoes and herbs, and my pepper plants are still cranking out lots of peppers that are turning fire engine red overnight. This is the promised bounty of plants seeded in late February, potted up indoors to mature early, and finally transplanted outside. We try to extend the … [Read more...] about Homemade Smoke’n Hot Paprika

Filed Under: Organic Gardening, Urban D.I.Y. Tagged With: fall garden, organic garden, Organic gardening, paprika, peppers, summer, urban diy

August in the Garden: Preserving the Abundance of Summer

August 22, 2018 by fifthseason Leave a Comment

-Pam Scott- August at our house has always been a time of frenzied pickling, jelly making, drying, canning, freezing and fermenting. Braids of garlic and onions hang from every doorframe. Pillowcases full of dripping grapes are suspended from the dining room chandelier, soon to be made into jelly. There are jars of vegetables in various stages of fermentation. Now, thanks to Fifth Season’s new Ball jar fermenting lids we have lots of small jars of fermenting pepper experiments. One of … [Read more...] about August in the Garden: Preserving the Abundance of Summer

Filed Under: Organic Gardening Tagged With: fall, fall garden, fall gardening, Organic, organic garden, Organic gardening, Tomato, Tomatoes

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