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Seeds are all around us. We eat peas, beans, corn, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds throughout our lives without thinking much about it. With each churn of the soil, new life springs up in the form of weeds or maybe a volunteer vegetable, a reminder of last year’s cherry tomatoes that...

Composting food waste in worm bins is a great way to turn food waste into a nutrient-rich soil amendment right at home. When passed through a worm’s gut, organic matter such as food waste is transformed into a nutrient-rich compost by the microbial populations in the worm’s digestive tract. Worm...

Network Coordinators Organization Social Media Email Address Phinney Neighborhood Association – Tool Lending Library Facebook Email 6532 Phinney Ave. N  Seattle, WA 98103 Tilth Alliance  Facebook Email 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N Seattle, WA 98103 Washington State King County Organization Social Media Email Address Fernweh Gardens – Fernweh Seed Library...
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After a nice long summer, it’s time to prepare the garden for shorter days and cooler temperatures. Now gardeners can decide whether to put the garden to bed, or perhaps try growing some crops that perform well from the fall into the spring. You can choose  any number of...
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So you’re a gardener curious about how to grow mushrooms at home? It’s not as difficult or complicated as you might think and you don’t need any special equipment, so why not give it a try?  A few years ago, the Puget Sound Mycological Society tasked me with developing...
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We recently started growing Wine Caps (Stropharia rugoso-annulata) outdoors at our community garden, the Picardo Farm P-Patch. Also called Garden Giants or King Stropharias, they are medium- to-large sized “meaty” mushrooms with attractive deep burgundy caps, violet-gray gills, and white stems.  They’re easy to grow and come up in...
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Culinary herbs thrive in well-draining soil and full to partial sun. Herbs are not only delicious and nutritious for humans, they also make our gardens more biodiverse by providing food and habitat for beneficial insects of all kinds.  Predatory insects like wasps, hoverflies, and beetles that eat our garden...
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This year as your tomatoes thrive in the sunniest spots in your garden beds, make a little bit of space in the sun for: Ocimum basilicum, or basil. This tasty herb has quite a history in culinary circles, medicinally and in folklore from around the world. Full of Flavors...