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How To Match Plant Varieties To Your Climate​

How To Match Plant Varieties To Your Climate

When planning our gardens and choosing varieties, we might make choices by the color of foliage or flowers, the shape and characteristics of the fruits and vegetables, or even just on a whim. But for many gardeners, our local climate can pose problems. Matching the right plant to the right...

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Honey Bee Lives Matter!​ ​

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Sweden's Prof. Olle Johansson and the Disappearing Bees - YouTube​

Keith’s Substack
De-Creation: How Wireless Is Unmaking the Living World
Humanity alone bears the responsibility of caring for life on earth. From the earliest pages of Scripture, the stewardship of creation is placed firmly on mankind’s shoulders…
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Fort Worth couple plants orchard to increase life expectancy and environmental education.

Stop Six urban farming duo plant orchard to grow life expectancy, environmental education

The Corner Orchard was created to help neighbors access fresh food and address health issues in southeast Fort Worth.

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The neighborhood sits just east of the 76104 ZIP code, which has the lowest life expectancy in Texas, likely associated with the urban food desert and lack of economic opportunity.

 

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Resourceful mother transforms Hanoi rooftop into lush food garden.

Vietnam: A resourceful mother transforms a 25m2 rooftop into a lush green vegetable garden in the heart of Hanoi — City Farmer News

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Fall Back in Love with Your Garden​

February is all about love — but not just romantic love. It’s about reconnecting with what makes your heart come alive. For many of us, that place is the garden. Gardening has a way of grounding us, calming us, and reminding us that growth takes patience. But if you’ve faced crop failures, busy seasons, unpredictable weather, or just plain overwhelm… it’s easy for that spark to fade. If your garden has felt more frustrating than fulfilling lately, this is your gentle invitation to fall back in love with it.

​ In this blog, we share simple, practical steps to help you: Reconnect with why you started Shift from pressure to peace Create small wins that rebuild confidence Rediscover the joy that first drew you to growing your own food

Your garden doesn’t need perfection — it needs presence.​

Read the full blog and rediscover your garden joy TODAY​

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Grow What You Love ​

Before you plant a single seed, here’s something to remember: Your garden should reflect your heart — your goals, your season of life, and what you truly want to grow. That’s why we created the Your First Step to Grow ORGANIC Vegetables Guide. Inside, you’ll: Clarify what matters most this season Avoid overwhelm Create a garden that fits your life and energy When your garden aligns with what you love, everything feels lighter — and a whole lot more joyful. ​

Download the Guide Here​

 

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A Little Love for Our Harvest Club Members ​

We’ve welcomed nearly 100 new members into Harvest Club in the past couple of weeks — and our hearts are full. Harvest Club is where gardeners get real-time support for where they are right now. Whether you're planning, planting, troubleshooting, or harvesting, we help you connect the dots between your season, your garden, and the course you’re working through — so you actually implement and see results. It’s hands-on. It’s practical. And it’s deeply supportive. Coming up this Monday, February 9th, is our next LIVE Q&A Garden Jam. Harvest Clubbers, watch your email for the invite link. Bring your garden questions, share your wins and challenges, and connect with like-minded gardeners from around the world. To our Harvest Club members — we’re so glad you’re here. This is what growing together looks like.

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As we move closer to the Joyful Gardener Docuseries, I’m reminded of this: Growing food is an act of love. Love for your health. Love for your family. Love for the future. However you’re spending this season, I hope you’re planting something that brings your heart joy. With gratitude for this beautiful community, The Grow Your Own Vegetables Team

 

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Your urban farming hack for this week is how to grow perfect tomatoes.

If you’ve already grown tomatoes or tried sun-ripened tomatoes fresh from the vine, you know how superior homegrown tomatoes are to those bought at the store.

To be honest… I can hardly stand the taste of store bought tomatoes now that I know how juicy and delicious homegrown tomatoes are.

Check out this article from Jason Johns on Growing Tomatoes from side shoots.

And while you're preparing to plant your tomatoes, bookmark this oven roasted tomato soup recipe for your harvest!

Tomatoes are the perfect crop to grow at home because they also do well in containers. Ready, set, grow!

 

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If you care about your health, you probably choose organic foods whenever you can. Most people assume that label means clean, safe, and nourishing. The uncomfortable truth is that even organic food can carry things you would never knowingly choose to put into your body. Organic standards do not guarantee healthy soil. They do not protect against chemical drift from nearby farms. They do not account for water quality, long storage times, or how food is handled after harvest. By the time produce reaches the store, much of what made it nourishing can already be compromised. There is only one way to be completely sure what is in your food. Grow it yourself. (Here’s the literal guide to getting started!)​

Growing your own vegetables and herbs puts you back in control. You decide what goes into the soil, what touches the plants, and what never does. There is no guessing, no labels to interpret, and no compromises. This guide walks you through the essential foundations of growing clean, nutrient rich food in a way that works with nature and fits real life. When you download it, you will also receive free access to watch all eight episodes of the Joyful Gardener Docuseries Event for a limited time. Click here to access your guide and reserve your spot.​

So thankful that you’re making an investment in your health, your life and yourself. Because health means everything,​

 

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We’re so excited to grow with you during the Joyful Gardener Docuseries

To support you at the most important moments of the event, we’ve scheduled Strategic Live Q&A Sessions on select days — when clarity, confidence, and momentum matter most.

Live Q&A Sessions
These sessions are designed to help you get oriented, ask questions, and confidently apply what you’re learning.

Tuesday, Feb 10 – Orientation & Confidence
Wednesday, Feb 11 – Momentum & Clarity
Tuesday, Feb 17 – Integration & Next Steps


Add these sessions to your calendar here




Each live session will start at 4:00 PM PT / 7:00 PM ET, giving you time to watch that day’s session and submit your questions.

Join the Conversation
We’ll also be gathering inside our Joyful Gardener Facebook Group, where you can reflect on each day’s lesson, connect with fellow gardeners, and stay inspired throughout the event.


>>> Join the Facebook Group and share about your garden

Share the Joy
Do you know someone who would love this experience? Invite them to join you at JoyfulGardenerDocuseries.com — and feel free to share the event on social media, too!

We’re so glad you’re here.

The Grow Your Own Vegetables Team

 

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The Quiet Decline of U.S. Organic Acreage — And What It Will Take To Reverse It
Max Goldberg, Organic Insider:

What is Behind the Decrease in U.S. Organic Acreage -- And What Needs to Happen to Reverse it

The integrity of the organic system must be addressed.

organicinsider.com

 

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Kinda like another ag gag law, only different:

Florida Bill Threatens Public Advocacy for Lands, Water, Wildlife

A concerning bill is moving through the Florida legislature that would make it legally and financially jeopardizing to publicly criticize agricultural products and practices. While it may seem, on the surface, like an attempt to protect farmers from defamation, this provision could serve more as...

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What Do Hybrid And Open-Pollinated Mean?​

What Do Hybrid And Open-Pollinated Mean?

There are a lot of terms out there describing seeds, or rather, the parentage and genetic lines of seeds. Heirloom, open-pollinated, hybrid, F1, even F2, and GMO. All those terms have at least something to do with the reproduction and parental lineage of the plant variety in question...

seedsnsuch.com

 

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They want to tell us "shut up and eat".

TAKE ACTION: Tell Your State Legislators to Protect Food and Environmental Activists’ Right to Free Speech! Block and Repeal Food Libel and Ag-Gag Laws!

“Food Libel” and “Ag-Gag” laws are the corporations’ attempt to keep us from knowing where our food comes from and how it’s produced. Food Libel laws let corporations take their critics to court, while Ag-Gag laws criminalize investigations into animal abuse at factory farms.

advocacy.organicconsumers.org

 

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