Ever thought of growing your grains in your garden?  Worried you don’t have enough room? I grow small amounts of grain in my raised beds or plots dedicated to herbs.  So, if you ever had the itch to grow your grains, I will show you how. In the past, I have grown amaranth, buckwheat, sorghum, quinoa, and oats. Since my family is gluten free, I have never attempted to grow wheat.   In this article, I will focus on some of the easier grains such as buckwheat, sorghum and amaranth. Oats are great to grow but you need to grow hulless oats if you want to use them for baking.  As for quinoa, I neve ..read more

If Tina Turner was a gardener, she would sing, “what’s light got to do with it?”  Everything, my sunflowers.  If you want to grow successful indoor vegetable and flower seedling, proper lighting is the key.  Since this is the time to sow seeds indoors, let’s shed some illumination on proper lighting to grow seeds indoors. Lighting to grow seeds indoors. Before I begin, let’s dispel the window scenario right now. Use the window and your seedling will be lanky and spindly.  The window ain’t going to cut it unless you have the optimal southern exposure window scenario.  Most don’t, so “windowin ..read more