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Tom Carey: Magic beans

Vining pole beans have been a staple crop for modern Americans since the first pioneers settled the continent.

To sell something as valuable as the family livestock for a handful of beans would put any of us in either the nuthatch or poorhouse.

Tom Carey: A visit with Tia Meer

Tia Meer, compatriot gardener and president of the Simple Living Institute, found a few spare moments to stop by my garden for a chat.

A visit with Tia Meer

From My Garden to Yours: Tom Carey

Some of the most productive plants I grow in my garden could be categorized as Asian greens.

Asian greens easy to grow

From my garden to yours

Do you innovate?

Do you innovate?

From My Garden to Yours

Are you smarter than an AP high school student?

School tour quiz

From My Garden to Yours

How does understanding our journey through the space-time continuum help us grow better crops?

Gardening in the fourth dimension

From my garden to yours

It's fall harvest time. Eat, share, waste or preserve?

It's fall harvest time. Eat, share, waste or preserve?

Tease photo

From My Garden to Yours

A traditional spread, including our efforts from the local garden, is an understandable way to manifest our contemporary Thanksgiving holiday.

Thanksgiving salad

From My Garden to Yours

If our elected representatives are unduly influenced by an advantaged percentage of the electorate, our voice must be heard through other methods.

Occupy my garden

From My Garden to Yours

Each crop you choose to plant will have two factors: how much you like them and how easy they are to grow.

So many options

From My Garden to Yours

To create a reliable foundation when building our gardens, try using a few of these practical tips.

Top 10 soil improvement tips, 6-10

From My Garden to Yours

As we approach the end of summer, preparations should be under way to start our 10-month gardening year.

Top 10 soil improvement tips, 1-5

Tease photo

Raising chickens in Central Florida

Backyard chickens

Predators, not disease, are a flock’s biggest threat.

From My Garden to Yours

A neighborhood’s market distinctively personifies the community’s version of the local food experience.

Neighborhood farmer’s markets

From My Garden to Yours

Nature’s simple method of littering the ground is a trick we can easily emulate.

Nature’s simple method of littering the ground is a trick we can easily emulate.

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