For years now I’ve wanted to visit The Pfeiffer Center , a biodynamic farm in Chestnut Ridge, NY, not far from here.   I finally had m...

 It's Garden Blogger's Bloom Day, hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens.   Lots going on here in zone 6A this time of year -- so ...

Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) wiped out an estimated one-third of the U.S. honeybee population, and scientists are scrambling to find out w...

Back in 2007, we decided to plant an apple tree in our school courtyard.  It wasn't easy to get this idea approved.  There were lots of ...

Valley Cottage School is so grateful to  Cropsey Community Farm .  When they found themselves with some extra seedlings a few weeks ago dur...

It saddening to realize the extraordinary cruelty inflicted on many of the commercial chickens of the world.   An FDA inspection on two farm...

This is the glorious time of year when the plant porn arrives, and gardeners start thinking about what will be planted in the coming month...

Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) wiped out an estimated one-third of the U.S. honeybee population, and scientists are scrambling to find out w...

Last week the 4 th and 5 th graders at Valley Cottage Elementary School harvested the vegetables from the “Three Sisters” garden they pla...