Garden of Eatin'

I am a lousy decorator. I know what I like, but being able to create the look I want in my home has made it so that for too many year, the most decorating my homes have gotten is new shower curtains in cute or fun patterns. Like, I don’t even put up pictures or [...]

Pinterest has fast become the go-to place for ideas and inspiration. We’re building a house and will have a large garden next year, so most of my pins are garden and house design! My top picks for this week from my Gardening Board So I can plan where to plant: Source: fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net via Amy on [...]

“A chicken in every pot” – 1928 Rep. Party campaign slogan “Don’t have a pot to put it in” – 1928 Dem. Party response slogan It’s time to get back to more regular posting! There’s been so much going on that I haven’t had the brain power to formulate a coherent blog post, but I [...]

This is a guest post from Tiger Sheds. Summer brings blooming flowers, sunny days, and warm weather to backyards around the world. Entertaining guests or neighbours in the yard is a pleasant alternative to eating indoors, but it can be difficult for homeowners to constantly cook and transport food between the kitchen and the yard. [...]

Please read this post in it’s entirety. This is a fairly simple contest, just email me a picture of your, or a family member’s, hands during/after you’ve been gardening. The top 4 dirtiest hands will receive a bar of my handmade gardener’s soap! Any kind of gardening counts – planting seedlings, preparing your garden space, [...]

Are you ready?!? I rolled 1-14 at random.org, with each commenter being 1 to 14 Jasmin Myra Henderson compostings sara9894 christinemv SalemMom Bobby M Patti Reid Jeff Kyle Christine shanyag jesse f noelrich jamie wright And the result is 6 – SalemMom. According to SalemMom’s website, she is also known as Dynee Medlock and has [...]

Clean Air Gardening is giving away a Spin Big Compost Tumbler, valued at $170, to one lucky winner! Only available in the lower 48 US states. To enter, simply “like” both Clean Air Gardening and Garden of Eatin’ on Facebook and post a comment to this blog post. Only those who comment on this blog [...]

Working on sprucing up the blog for this gardening season, a little at a time! My first step was installing a new comment system, which I’m really not sure about yet. Let me know what you think – is it a keeper? Another “change” is I’m willing to review gardening products finally…I’ve been asked in [...]

Can you believe it’s the first day of Autumn already and almost October? The stores are filled with Halloween and Autumn decorations and quickly filling up more with Winter/Christmas decorations. Crazy! If you live in Oregon, OSU’s Extension Service has a great calendar to let you know what you should be doing each month. Here’s [...]

I know at least one of my readers is a Master Gardener, but most are not and I wanted to spread the word. I’m not going to get a chance to go through the program this year (too busy!) so I hope someone can “take my place” (even though I didn’t have an official one!). [...]