Summer is vacation season, and if you’re leaving home for more than a few days, you’ll probably need to ask someone to water your garden and containers. When I’m away, my instructions for which plants need to be watered and how much and how often to water them, is usually at least two pages long. Even with that, I can come home to plants …
Spinach is a lovely vegetable that’s jam packed with nutrients such as Vitamin A and iron, and it’s super easy to grow in your home garden with just a little bit of know-how. Spinach is a cool-weather plant, and although it’s a little too late this season to start the spinach from seed, you can …
Written by Paige Vandiver With their vibrant blooms, velvety leaves and canary yellow center, African violets are the absolute perfect plant to cure your wintertime blues and fill your home with bursts of color until those tulips and daffodils you just planted pop up next spring! African violets might be a little fussy, but they …
Here at Stockslagers, the 2020 Old Farmer’s Almanac is officially on the shelves! This timeless farmer’s guide has been a surprisingly accurate way to predict weather patterns since the birth of our country. Stop by Stockslagers to pick up your own copy, and check out these shocking predictions from the 2020 Old Farmer’s Almanac, originally …
We love that the Miami Valley is home to spectacular gardens that bring people outside. In this article below, originally published in the Dayton Daily News, we learn about how The Garden Club of Dayton has helps illuminate the beautiful gardens of Kettering and Oakwood. This past June, they worked with homeowners and gardeners to …
Here at Stockslagers, we love seeing how gardening makes an impact in our Dayton community. From encouraging healthier lives to bringing people together, gardening is so much more than a plot of soil and some seeds. This article, originally published in the Dayton Daily News, discusses how the Wright-Patterson Medical Center garden is creating a …
Here in Dayton Ohio, we’re lucky. We have no fewer than 90 community gardens in the Dayton area, providing Dayton residents with nutritious, homegrown food and a way to meet friendly neighbors. According to Five Rivers Metroparks, “[Community gardening] is a great way to grow your own food – and new friendships. [It] has helped …
There have been a few times throughout history where non-sustainable gardening and farming practices have destroyed the soil and prevented later generations from working the same land. Perhaps the most famous example is the American dust bowl that swept through the southern plains in the 1930s, when unsustainable wheat farming practices left the land dry …
You don’t have to live in the boondocks to own chickens. Urbanites and suburbanites across the United States are diving into backyard chicken ownership, which provides not only hours of relaxing fun with animals, but also fresh, delicious, and nutritious eggs for the breakfast table. Whether you have chickens for the companionship or because you …
People who live in urban areas might not think they have enough space for a garden. After all, if you live in a house with virtually no yard, or if all you have is a tiny balcony, then surely you don’t have enough room to grow a kitchen garden, right? We have good news: there’s …
