Gary Grows at Heritage Cottage
Urban Farming, Small Scale Gardening
We believe in the power of urban farming and homegrown produce.
Latest Posts
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“Urban farming begins with a simple shift in thinking: food doesn’t need farmland — it needs intention.” Urban farming doesn’t look like farming did fifty…
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I’ve been kicking around the idea for this book since retiring in 2023. Well, it’s time to get the ball rolling. I’ve seen horticulture friends…
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Since we are celebrating Easter this weekend, and in Mississippi Good Friday is the go date to plant your warm season veggies (even though there…
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Every now and then, a fruit comes along that feels like it was invented by a curious gardener with a sense of humor. The limequat…
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I love to make homemade kale chips from kale that I actually grow. Discover my secret recipe for delicious homemade kale chips made from fresh…
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I’ve shared in the past my interest in growing citrus, particularly unusual citrus varieties, at Heritage Cottage Urban Nano Farm, my urban farm in Ocean…
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Did you know that our favorite colorful garden roses have a common ancestor that was yellow? Well, here’s the rest of the story recently published…
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Every spring about this time, I start getting the same question from gardeners all across the deep South: “Dr. B, is it true you’re supposed…
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Since we were farmers market growers over 15 years ago, we’ve grown, no pun intended, to appreciate many of the varieties of vegetables that are…
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Almost every gardener I’ve met in the last 15 years seems to have questions about growing milkweed because of the Monarch butterfly. In the deep…
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