Hardy, productive, and delicious, growing greens is one of the easiest decisions you can make when you’re putting in a vegetable garden. In the Living Lab we’ve gone green!  Follow along with our progress here and on Facebook as we grow and harvest this years produce for the Lake Stevens Food Bank. Greens must be […]

Down to Earth Community Gardens and Eagle Ridge Community Garden in the News! Volunteers Building Community Garden at Eagle Ridge Park Kristen Hunt spreads fill as Rowan Abbott empties her wheelbarrow in a newly constructed garden bed Saturday afternoon at Eagle Ridge Park in Lake Stevens. (Kevin Clark / The Herald) Logan Marson hauls cardboard

As a gardener you have the power to fight back using organic, nature-friendly techniques to banish aphids from your garden. In this short video we share five simple but highly effective ways to bring this bothersome bug under control. Let’s Beat the Pests Together Want a warning when pests are heading towards your garden? Then

Why are my plants turning yellow? Yellow leaves are a common symptom of sick plants, but a closer look can reveal clues that help gardeners get to the root of the problem. Yellow leaves can indicate a wide range of ailments, such as this strawberry plant’s suspected iron deficiency. (Photo: Scot Nelson/Flickr) Gardening is supposed

Vegetable arches offer an incredibly efficient – and attractive – way to grow sprawling or vining vegetables such as squashes, beans and cucumbers. When you don’t have much growing space it makes sense to train your vegetables upwards. In this short video we show you how to make a very simple arch that perfect for

Why, Yes.  Yes you can. In fact, it’s really simple and a great way to grow cucumbers if you have to work with a limited space. This question comes courtesy of my awesome garden friend Abigail.  Here’s a short video to walk you through container gardening with cucumbers.  This video offers some great insight on

CARDBOARD IS EASILY found at fast food restaurants, supermarkets, and from boxes sent by nearly any online store. We are surrounded by corrugated cardboard that’s used for transport packaging, food packaging, and decorative boxing. Sadly, the currently recycling rate for paper and board packing waste is only 49 percent, according to a Green Industries study

SOMETIMES THE BEST way to improve something is to let it be. A no-till garden is a perfect example, and creating one also means less work for you. Imagine building a large garden without having to turn over the soil in your garden beds. Turning soil kills the microbes living beneath the ground that contribute

Organic Gardening Tips Have you ever heard the organic gardening tip about digging a few banana peels (or bananas) into the ground near your roses for gorgeous flowers and healthy plants? How about adding rinsed-out eggshells to the compost pile? Or using wood ashes and coffee grounds in the garden? Each of these items adds

Hanging baskets provide a great space-saving way to grow many fruits and vegetables, including tomatoes, strawberries and all manner of leafy herbs and salads. Whether you’ve got a small garden or if you’ve simply run out of space, a hanging basket overflowing with edibles will make a beautiful feature. In this short video we walk