June 2011
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November 2010
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Scott Johnson's New Project
Wednesday Nowak, our resident savior of the planet, turned me on to plant guilds and “lasagna gardening.” A lasagna garden is simply making a garden bed out of layers of materials without having to dig or weed an area. A guild is an arrangement of plants that provide a symbiotic relationship to each other. The goal here is to plant things that work well with citrus trees. . The...
September 2010
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Five New Business Plans for Urban Gardening
Article and information courtesy of springwise.com. :)
“More than half of humanity now lives in cities, according to the United Nations Population Fund. This rapid and ongoing change presents a raft of new challenges, many of which create opportunities for resourceful entrepreneurs. Here are five concepts that target consumers’ increasing interest in growing their own food in the...
August 2010
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July 2010
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June 2010
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Scott bought a bag of steer manure (deodorized of course) at Home Depot to spread around all his plants. He hopes this will keep the roots cooler, retain moisture, and add extra nutrients.
greenguy2713 asked: For the chives, try more sun and less water. They look like they could use both.
“Simplicity is a Complex Thing.”
What is it?
Small Seeds Big Picture is a fresh-natural-organic growing initiative of the staff and managers of Tarbell’s Restaurant in Phoenix. We’ll soon be including our sister restaurants in Colorado and we hope to be including lots of other people too!
The Beginning
It started on Earth Day, when we gave out organic seed packets to our customers. The staff wanted to plant some too and the conversation turned to how much fun it would be for all of us to give some growin’ a try.
