Coleman Alderson

G. Coleman Alderson is an entrepreneur, land manager, investor, gardener, and author of the novel, Mountain Whispers: Days Without Sun. Coleman holds an MS from Penn State where his thesis centered on horticulture, park planning, design, and maintenance. He's a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and a licensed building contractor for 27 years. "But nothing surpasses my 40 years of lessons from the field and garden. And in the garden, as in life, it’s always interesting because those lessons never end!” Coleman Alderson

A Compost Tea Recipe and How-to Video

Care for a “cup of rosy” for your posies? Your plants will love “tea time” when it’s organic compost tea, aka liquid fertilizer! So here we include a compost tea …

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Supporting Local Business – Our Local Hardware Store

Support your small local business. We certainly are! One such has helped sustain us for years, including through this time of uncertainty. I invite you allI to look to supporting …

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Best Drip Irrigation Kit and Automatic Watering System

The Best Garden Watering System From hand-watering to overhead sprinklers, to drip irrigation with timers, we’ve tried a number of watering solutions. Now, we’re settling in on preferring the drip …

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The Deep Mulch Gardening Method – an Easy and Natural Way

Deep Mulch Gardening There are several kinds of deep mulch gardening, in addition to the Ruth Stout approach. You can learn about each of these through these articles: Hugelkultur Straw …

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HOA Gardening Rules and Workarounds for Growing Food

Do Your HOA Gardening Rules Restrict or Ban Gardening? Homeowner’s Associations — HOA gardening rules — have foiled many an aspiring gardener. If your HOA restricts food gardens, partially or …

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Picking the Best Hummingbird Feeders

We’re always keen to share our favorite garden items, so here we cover what we’ve found to be the best hummingbird feeders. Last year, we got to know a lot …

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How to Grow Microgreens at Home

If you’re wondering how to grow microgreens, you’re in luck because it’s simple. You can grow microgreens indoors year round at home, as a way to fortify your winter crops …

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Best Garden Tools and Tips

Okay, it’s hard, but we’ve narrowed it down to the best garden tools we use most, or that make the most difference in our yard and garden work. If you …

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Wireless Greenhouse Thermometer

When showcasing our recently built cattle panel greenhouse, we mentioned the challenge of temperature control. A reader said he’s successfully used digital thermometer system with several transmitters and a home …

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Cattle Panel Greenhouse for Short and Longterm Growing Year Round

From an Arch Trellis to a Cattle Panel Greenhouse This series of videos shows the transformation of a cattle panel trellis into cold frame and from there into a cattle …

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