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Making Hay

What’s worse for our planet than all of the pollution produced by China, and a major source of catastrophic droughts, erosion and even climate change? Shawn Bishop, owner of Third Coast ...

Green Corn Project: Garden Legacy

By David Huebel On a hot, dry day last August, I had the pleasure of working with a team of 11 Green Corn Project (GCP) volunteers to install a garden for Alba Alcauter in the southeast Austin ...

Heritage Grains

By Laura McKissack Heritage grains are those that have remained much the same, genetically speaking, as when early European, Andean and Aztec farmers tilled their fields, and they’ve played a ...

Live, At Center Stage

By Elizabeth WinslowPhotography by Jenna Noel Ever since Linnaeus published his Systema Naturae, we’ve been wont to classify Mother Nature. Plants serve as food, medicine or decoration, but ...

A Reminder of Time

A lack of passed-down wisdom regarding the many tips, hints, tricks and timing about gardening can be one of the biggest hurdles faced by new and experienced growers alike. “Traditionally, that ...

By Brandi Clark Burton While most of us enjoy eating, very few people truly appreciate the enormous amounts of human, environmental and economic resources that go into making our meals possible. We ...

Hügelkultur

By Laura McKissack Photography of hügelkultur beds at in.gredients by Whitney Arostegui Back when I began teaching and was freshly moved into a new place, I didn’t have the money to ...

Haute Herbs

By Jim Long Creative chefs are always on the lookout for unique and unusual herbs and plants to complement and flavor their dishes. Here are a few gastronomic darlings that have recently moved to ...