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Join the Revolution in your own Backyard - Grow your Own Food

Now is the time to start growing your own food garden. This is the place to learn the secrets of how to grow healthy food and lots of it.

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Monte Smith

The Personal Evaluation of Data and some additional thoughts

In today's world where we practically have instant access to almost any information we might desire, as well as being constantly bombarded with information that we have no interest in, it seems that we often overlook an important point. That point being that the bulk of the information we ask for or that we don't ask for, but is pushed onto us anyway, is in one manner or another packaged with pre-evaluations. That is to say, that the data we receive comes tagged as being good, bad, interesting,… Continue

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Introducing Winston Kao (pronounced Gow)

Hello everyone,

I want to introduce you to a friend of mine. His name is Winston Kao. I've known Winston now for almost fifteen years and I can tell you that he is a straight shooter. He's an agriculture inventor/scientist and he knows his stuff. And you can rest assured that if he is telling you something that he has researched it thoroughly and it's data you can take to the bank. However, please do not take this to mean that I think you should just accept, without personal inspection and eval… Continue

Posted by Monte Smith on August 26, 2009 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

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Petition to require lables on GMO food

I came across this petition that is asking that all GMO foods be labeled. Thought it would interest everyone.

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/require-foods-to-list-genetically-altered-ingredients.html

Posted by chris lee on August 12, 2009 at 9:31pm

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Union of Concerned Scientists say genetically engineered crops have not lived up to their promise of greater yields

In their recent report, Failure to Yield: Evaluating the Performance of Genetically Engineered Crops, the UCS says traditional plant breeding and improved farming techniques are to credit for increased corn and soybean yields.

Posted by Sue B. on June 16, 2009 at 10:13am

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Book Review: The Heirloom Tomato Cookbook by Mimi Luebbermann

Discover the delicious world of heirloom tomatoes in the The Heirloom Tomato Cookbook! Luebbermann showcases 20 heirloom varieties in these easy-to-make recipes. And because these tomatoes are open-pollinated, the author provides in-depth information on saving the seeds and growing your own heirloom tomatoes. Enjoy!

Posted by Sue B. on June 10, 2009 at 5:21am

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Bill H.R. 875 Is our government going to take away our good food in order to "protect" us?

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The Edible Classroom

Our online gardening class is happening in the Edible Classroom. Check your email for your lesson each week.

We have put together an excellent group of gardening experts to help you grow more food than you ever dreamed possible. The course is designed for you to follow along in your own garden, and will walk you, step-by-step, to the process of growing more food than you ever dreamed possible. It's easy, it's fun, and it's FREE. So stay tuned and let's plant some seeds!

You will need to be a registered member of One Million Gardens to participate in the live webinar. Once the class has been posted in the Edible Classroom, anyone will be able to review it and repeat any lessons at your own pace.

Our 10-week course covers the following:

LESSONS

1. Why you need to plant a garden...
- History, big picture, economy and health
- loss of seeds / biodiversity
- exploring food and culture in the garden

2. Making a garden plan
- creating a gardening journal
- crop selection & worthwhile varieties
- overview of the garden year
- size / amount of seedlings, space, etc
- heirloom, open-pollinated vs. hybrid and GMO's

3. bed preparation
- chart
- tools
- process
- seasons and crop selection
- growing soil

4. Seed Propagation
- seed selection
- flats
- transplanting (general)
- moon planting
- watering seedlings
- weeding

5. Growing and Caring for...
- Vegetables
- Flowers and Herbs
- special crops

6. Composting
- compost recipes and proceedures
- vermaculture / worm box

7. General Gardening Planting and Maintenance
- Companion Planting
- Beneficial herbs and plants
- Weed Control
- Pest Control
- Crop Rotation

8. Harvesting
- marking for seed saving
- best time to harvest

9. Seed Saving & storage
- harvesting
- cleaning
- storage

10. The next generation
- kids, community and gardening...
 
 

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