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Fill Your Plate’s Collection of Articles for Arizona Gardeners
By Sarah Hunt, AZFB Communications Intern Arizona is an ideal place to garden, with it’s warm weather and lack of winter snow in…
May Showers Bring Spring Flowers: How To Grow Your Flower Garden
By Alexandra Pettit, AZFB Communication Intern Spring has sprung and its time to start your flower garden. Even someone with the brownest thumb can design…
How Our Backyard Garden Encouraged Adventurous Eating in My Toddler
By Lillian Lin-Levitan a recent ASU Nutrition student When my son was almost 3 years old, we finally moved into a home with some outdoor…
Traditional Composting
By Alexandra Pettit, AZFB Communications Intern This is part two of the three-part composting series. Traditional composting is the most commonly known type. This is…
Start your Own Herb Garden
By Victoria Gabrielle Bravo, University of Arizona ISPP dietetic intern Starting an herb garden in your own home is easier than once thought. Having…
Planting Through the Low Desert Seasons
By Cricket Aldridge, Urban Farm Lifestyle Editor One of the coolest things about gardening in the Sonoran Desert is that we can grow every…
Homemade, Garden Fresh Pizza
By Lori Meszaros, Recent Arizona State University Nutrition Student Farmer’s markets and grocery stores are filled with all of the freshest ingredients you need to…
Bee Gardens: How you can Become an Active Participant in Agriculture too!
By Amber Morin, Arizona Farm Bureau Field Manager and in ranching with her parents in Southwest Arizona In a recent buzz-worthy blog, Arizona’s Agriculture’s Honey…
Hay Bale Gardens
By Michael Russell, recent Arizona State University Nutrition Communications Student A raised garden is a wonderful idea, it combines innovation and beauty, but it also…
Edible Gardens
By Michael Russell, recent Arizona State University Nutrition Communications Student I’ve written a previous blog post about backyard farming and staying within that theme I…
Backyard Farms: Becoming Self Sufficient
By Michael Russell, recent Arizona State University Nutrition Communications Student I have long dreamed of a chance to own a plot of land and yield…
Spring Plants your Pet Should be Avoiding
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern As they say, “April showers bring May flowers,” but are they flowers you really want around? Spring is…
5 Herbs to Grow Indoors
One of the easiest and most useful gardens to grow is the kitchen herb garden. Herbs are easy to maintain and can grow well in…
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