A state appeals court Wednesday rejected a constitutional challenge to a Miami Shores ordinance that bars residents from planting vegetable gardens in their front yards. Hermine Ricketts and Tom Carroll, a married couple, filed a lawsuit after a code inspector issued a notice of violation because of their front-yard vegetable garden. Represented by attorneys from the Institute for Justice, a …
Grow Veggies Differently-Hydroponics
Cathy Isom dives into a different way to grow veggies, or just about any plant, with very little space or soil. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. You may be hearing the word Hydroponics a lot these days. It’s because it’s becoming quite popular for farmers and gardeners and urban garden designers who can grow plants vertically. Hydroponics …
Best Plants to Plant to Feed the Bees
It is pretty much a conclusion that without bees, life on this planet would not exist. Cathy Isom tells you about the best plants to plant in your garden to bring out the bees. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. By now, we are more than well aware of the declining bee population over the past few decades and …
Lasagna Garden
Cathy Isom tells us how to make a Lasagna garden bed. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Lasagna gardening has nothing to do with that Italian cuisine we’re all very fond of. But if done correctly, a lasagna gardening bed could create the perfect soil for some of the veggies that we can plant and one …