Gardening

'Cropswap' website takes barter between home gardeners online

Bellamy Pailthorp — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:00:35 +0000

What do you do when you’ve got a bumper crop of zucchini or lettuce? Or flower bulbs that have multiplied like rabbits? Many people give their extras away. And in the down economy, more and more hobby gardeners are trading their bounty at swap meets.

A new website from a team in Seattle and Tacoma makes those transactions easier.

Seattle's 'UpGarden' P-Patch takes community gardening to new heights

Bellamy Pailthorp — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:47:03 +0000

It’s a first-of-its-kind in Seattle and perhaps even the country.

Thomas Jefferson's vegetable garden: A thing of beauty and science

Graham Smith — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:57:08 +0000

When you listen to All Things Considered host Melissa Block's story about Thomas Jefferson's garden, you'll hear how he cared about putting peas on the table and sharing seeds with his friends. He also set loftier goals for his vegetable garden: Monticello's south-facing expanse was a living laboratory for a lifelong tinkerer and almost obsessive record keeper.