Another New Season at Garden by the Sea It looks like another amazing year for our community garden! I personally have had the pleasure to be involved with this garden from inception as one of the founders, as a board member, and as a volunteer. I never knew I could be a gardener, let alone […]
Creative Ways to Landscape Without a Lawn More homeowners are looking for alternative ways to landscape their homes for a variety of reasons, including a concern for conserving water, the high cost and labor of maintaining a lawn, the repeated use of fertilizers and herbicides, and often to replace lawns just not doing well or […]
Houseplants Added Color and Texture to Your Home It’s easy to fall in love with houseplants with the added color and texture they bring into your home. They certainly can provide calmness to a room to help relieve any stress from your day and improve the air quality throughout your spaces. All of which can […]
Planning is a Big Part Spring is just around the corner and planning is a big part of the excitement for this coming growing season. First, if you planted a winter cover crop like fava beans or crimson clover to protect your soil during all the winter rain, you will need to chop and turn […]
Growing Food For Ocean Shores Community When it comes to year around fresh produce, we grow it! Many of our urban and rural neighborhoods live in “food deserts” – places where it is nearly impossible to buy fresh fruits and vegetables. At GBTS, we offer individuals and families healthier lifestyles; fresh produce and opportunities for exercise […]
Hooping It UP We are well into fall with winter just around the corner and so far, it has been everything under the rainbow. Sunny, rainy, stormy, windy, calm, blustery, warm, and cold. Waiting for our first frost but in no hurry! I always look forward to all the seasons out here on the coast. […]