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May 03, 2024Growing Your Own Food and Why It Makes You So Happy
Did you know, there's a bacteria in your garden soil that actively prevents stress and inflammation? There's no better flavor than that of veggies picked fresh from your own backyard....
Windowsill Wonders: Small Pots, Little Effort, Big Benefits
Indoor gardening can be the perfect pick-me-up at any time of year but they are particularly comforting when it is cold outside and your backyard garden has gone dormant. Without...
Self-Pollinating Flowers Perfect For Your Low-Maintenance Garden
Guest Blog Written By Chris Tweten Low Maintenance, Self-Pollinating Flowers For Your Garden Maintaining a beautiful garden can be a rewarding experience. However, it does require time and dedication, especially if...
Live a Little, Grow Wild! Why Wildflowers and Native Plants Make A World of Difference
More Flora Means More Fauna and a Bit Less Lawn(a) As gardeners, we’re no strangers to the plea for pollinator friendly plantings. Thousands of crops we depend on for food...
Get to Know Matthew! Head of Customer Service
Greeter, problem solver, gardener therapist and everything in between, Matthew is the one you seek when you reach out to us at PGS He joined our team in November of 2021...
Sunflowers: To Bee or Not To Bee Pollen Free
A Case For Growing Both! Pollen- free sounds amazing doesn’t it? No sneezing, no watery eyes, no persistent yellow dust on..well, everything it can reach. But! We know as...
We've bean thinking a lot about these legumes..
Beans, beans the magical fruit, the more you eat… well, I’ll let you finish that one It turns out, beans aren’t technically a ‘legume’ per say, they’re simply a part of...
Get to know Jaci! Head of Research and Development
If it's on our roster, she's picked it, tested it, grown it and probably cooked with it. (Or turned it into an earring!) She's the Head of Research and Development...
Why we LOVE our Local Cooperative Extensions!
🎶 If there's something strange, In your neighborhood (soil), Who you gonna call? CO-OP EXTENSIONS! 🎶 Something weird and it don't look good? Call your Cooperative Extension Office! They may not carry proton packs like...