A vegan family of four, without any gardening experience, can grow all of their own food for a year using 1/20th of an acre. That’s 4,400 pounds of food per year, grown in six garden beds using the “predictable” and formulaic Mittleider gardening system, said Lucinda Bailey, co-founder of seed bank company Texas Ready. “I’ve…

By Norman Winter From Tribune News Service   Aqua blue pots in the landscape and staggered on the side of a hill were not my idea, but my bride’s, the person who pops up on my phone as Jan My Love Winter. I have avoided this color like the plague for most of my life….

Gardening is gaining popularity in Canada amid rising food prices, according to a recent survey. The survey, done by Angus Reid and Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab, found that 52 percent of Canadians are already growing food at home, up one percent from 2020. Of these, 9 percent started gardening after the pandemic began. Although…