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Vegetables for Indoor Gardening

Written By Lara Wadsworth We all love the idea of having fresh produce each summer and fall. The abundance of that season is addicting and joyful. But what if you could have fresh produce to harvest all year long without...

Ashleigh Smith

Oct 8 · 7 min read · 0

Oct 8 · 7 min read

Garden hand rake in soil

Winterizing Garden Tools and Equipment

Written By Lara Wadsworth As summer comes to a close, many of us are wrapped up in our fall harvest and maintenance tasks. Yet, all the while, looming around the corner is the chilly embrace of winter. It’s time for...

Ashleigh Smith

Oct 8 · 6 min read · 0

Oct 8 · 6 min read

Root Vegetables on a wood tray

Root Vegetables - Harvest and Storage Guide

Written By Lara Wadsworth Late summer and fall are the most exciting times of the year for most home gardeners. This is when we harvest and consume all of our hard work. Yet most of our harvest must either be...

Ashleigh Smith

Oct 8 · 7 min read · 1

Oct 8 · 7 min read

Sunflower Microgreens Close-up

5 Reasons Microgreens Benefit Gut Health

Written By Lara Wadsworth Microgreens. Everyone is talking about them these days. Maybe you had them as a garnish at a high-end restaurant; maybe your health-conscious neighbor has raved about them like they're the new wonder pill, or perhaps you...

Ashleigh Smith

Oct 8 · 4 min read · 0

Oct 8 · 4 min read

photo strip of a house on fire, flooding, and a tornado

Prep Now: Essential Grains & Seeds for Emergencies

Whether you are preparing for a flood, snowstorm, fire, or other emergency events, don’t find yourself without emergency food storage. Food insecurity is one of the biggest concerns when an emergency situation arises, but it is one of the easiest...

Ashleigh Smith

Oct 7 · 6 min read · 0

Oct 7 · 6 min read

snow covered broccoli

10 Frost Tolerant Vegetable Varieties

Written By Lara Wadsworth Published 24 Sept 2024 Winter is one of the dreaded times of the year for most gardeners, including myself. With everything dormant and cold, it is easy to feel depressed. However, one thing we can do...

Ashleigh Smith

Sep 24 · 4 min read · 9

Sep 24 · 4 min read

Unripe Triticale

Triticale: A Versatile Cover Crop for Gardeners

Written By Lara Wadsworth Triticale is a hybridized grain that some refer to as “The Wonder Grain.” A cross of wheat and rye, it harbors the benefits of both without the disadvantages of either. There are many benefits to triticale...

Ashleigh Smith

Sep 17 · 7 min read · 0

Sep 17 · 7 min read

Hands transplanting seedlings into the ground

Your Roadmap to Garden Planting Times

Written By Lara Wadsworth You may have picked up gardening as a spring and summer hobby, thinking it is exclusively limited to those seasons. Well, pull up your pants because you are in for a ride! Once you begin, you...

Ashleigh Smith

Sep 17 · 12 min read · 3

Sep 17 · 12 min read

carrots growing in rich soil

Digging Deeper: The Essentials of Soil Composition

Written By Lara Wadsworth Understanding the composition of your soil is key to understanding your garden and succeeding as a grower. The best soils for growing nearly any plant are loamy soils. Loam is a balanced mix of sand, silt,...

Ashleigh Smith

Aug 20 · 5 min read · 0

Aug 20 · 5 min read

farmers hands holding dirt

2024 Scholarship Winner - Taqdeer Gill - Unlocking the Benefits of Summer Cover Crops

Written By Taqdeer Gill Cover crops are plants grown to improve both the soil health and ecosystem sustainability. They are usually planted between the growing seasons of the main crops when the soil would otherwise be left bare. According to...

Ashleigh Smith

Aug 6 · 8 min read · 0

Aug 6 · 8 min read

Demo the founder of Mountain Valley Seed Co. on a tractor

50 Years of Growing - Celebrating Our Roots

True Leaf Market’s roots go back to 1974, when our founder Demetrios Agathangelides started Mountain Valley Seed Company. Mountain Valley Seeds was originally a mail-order seed company focused on providing seeds to those in the Intermountain West. It has since...

Ashleigh Smith

Jul 30 · 9 min read · 3

Jul 30 · 9 min read

gardener planting tomato plant

What Does the Updated USDA Zone Map Mean?

Written By Lara Wadsworth You may have heard a rumor about how the USDA has updated the zone map. The rumors are true! In November of 2023, the USDA released an updated hardiness zone map. What are the practical implications...

Ashleigh Smith

Jul 10 · 6 min read · 5

Jul 10 · 6 min read

mountain landscape

Nurturing The Fierce Green Fire: Aldo Leopold

Written By Lara Wadsworth “When we begin to see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” Such were Aldo Leopold’s words in his most popular book, A Sand County...

Ashleigh Smith

Jul 9 · 5 min read · 0

Jul 9 · 5 min read

Man harvesting tomatoes

Ron Finley: Empowering Urban Gardeners

Written By Lara Wadsworth Have you ever wondered why gardening is often associated with retired individuals or hippies these days? I often do, and think this should change. Ron Finley, a Los Angeles-based fashion designer and urban gardener, also thinks...

Ashleigh Smith

Jul 2 · 5 min read · 1

Jul 2 · 5 min read

Tractor nozzle spraying pesticides

Rachel Carson: The Mother of Environmentalism

Written By Lara Wadsworth It is common knowledge these days that pesticides should be used with caution. While conventional farmers continue to use them frequently, they realize the danger of careless applications. Today, pesticides are applied in much smaller doses...

Ashleigh Smith

Jun 25 · 7 min read · 0

Jun 25 · 7 min read

Wheat field and blue sky background

Norman Borlaug: A Research Pioneer

Written By Lara Wadsworth How It Began Norman Borlaug was just a man who was born in 1914 in the American Midwest. He witnessed the aftermath of World War One and The American Dust Bowl, which led to widespread disease...

Ashleigh Smith

Jun 18 · 6 min read · 0

Jun 18 · 6 min read

Japanese man tending to a rice field

Masanobu Fukuoka - Sustainability and Simplicity

Written By Lara Wadsworth Picture yourself in the serene Japanese countryside. The sun is warm but not too hot, the birds are chirping happily in a nearby forest and it rained last night so everything is lively and green. You’re...

Ashleigh Smith

Jun 8 · 6 min read · 0

Jun 8 · 6 min read

woman holding a basket of freshly harvested vegetables

Joy Larkcom - Gardening Wisdom and Inspiration

Written By Lara Wadsworth Early Inspiration Have you ever wondered what it takes to revolutionize gardening? Me neither… until I learned about Joy Larkcom. I had no idea that vegetable gardening had been revolutionized in such recent history. Isn't this...

Ashleigh Smith

Jun 4 · 5 min read · 0

Jun 4 · 5 min read

5 Anti-aging microgreens

The Top 5 Anti-Aging Microgreens

Written By Lara Wadsworth The health and beauty marketing teams of today want us to fear aging and play off of our natural fears to make us buy various serums, creams, etc. To be fair, it is scary to notice...

Ashleigh Smith

Jun 4 · 5 min read · 1

Jun 4 · 5 min read

Conservatory in the fall at Belle Isle Garden in Detroit

A Rainy Day Revelation: Discovering Piet Oudolf's Belle Isle Garden in Detroit

Written By Lara Wadsworth When I was tasked with writing an article about Piet Oudolf a few weeks ago, I didn’t know what I was getting into! I remember learning about the internationally renowned landscape designer as a college student...

Ashleigh Smith

May 28 · 6 min read · 0

May 28 · 6 min read

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