How much space do you need to garden? What counts? It’s one of the latest questions buzzing around the garden world since NPR covered a study on urban gardening in Chicago. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign used Google Earth to find over 65 acres dedicated to food production — or at least what [...]
Posts Tagged ‘grow a garden’
March 1, 2013 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: DESIGN, DISCOVER, DO, Gardens, Grow, Materials
Social Tagging: grow a garden • Urban Gardening Ideas
Filed under: DESIGN, DISCOVER, DO, Gardens, Grow, Materials
Social Tagging: grow a garden • Urban Gardening Ideas
July 12, 2012 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
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Social Tagging: Container Gardening • grow a garden • Raised Bed • Should a garden be contained? • Urban Farm
Filed under: DESIGN, DO, Gardens, Grow, Ideas, Tips
Social Tagging: Container Gardening • grow a garden • Raised Bed • Should a garden be contained? • Urban Farm
The opportunity for “deckening*” is at hand, right out my door. However I’ve never loved growing plants in pots, at least not as a sole point of interest. In fact, when I get to the section on the latest container garden arrangements in nearly any and all gardening publication I hastily skip to the next [...]
June 16, 2012 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
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Social Tagging: grow a garden • Scarlet Runner Beans • Starting Beans
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Social Tagging: grow a garden • Scarlet Runner Beans • Starting Beans
Sometimes I like to test the common school of thought, such as the first time I grew scarlet runner beans. Conventional wisdom says, “Start beans in a wet paper towel….” So, of course, I popped a few straight in soil. What could I lose? But, to be certain of minimal success, I started the rest as recommended. [...]
October 14, 2010 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BEE, Broad Spectrum, DESIGN, DISCOVER, DO, Educate, Garden Love, Gardening Impetus, Gardens, Grow, Inspired, Perspective, Tips
Social Tagging: Garden • garden design • gardening resource • Grow • grow a garden • ideas • importance of gardening • insatiable • inspiration • inspiring gardeners • learning • love • plants • play • process • publication • read • resource • take it to heart • tend a garden
Filed under: BEE, Broad Spectrum, DESIGN, DISCOVER, DO, Educate, Garden Love, Gardening Impetus, Gardens, Grow, Inspired, Perspective, Tips
Social Tagging: Garden • garden design • gardening resource • Grow • grow a garden • ideas • importance of gardening • insatiable • inspiration • inspiring gardeners • learning • love • plants • play • process • publication • read • resource • take it to heart • tend a garden
“Shit or get off the pot.” This is a phrase my mother commanded on a regular basis while I was growing up and continues to utter to this day. She has never needed to shout, these five words are enough. Especially for someone like me with a good, Catholic upbringing. (Guilt, duty, respect. They all [...]