Urban gardening: How to plant fast-growing vegetables in less than 10-minutes

Vina Medenilla

By Vina Medenilla Having no space or garden at home does not mean one cannot grow vegetables at all. Growing vegetables at the comfort of your home is benefi... Read More...

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Award-winning visual artist is also an urban gardener, Part 3

Yvette Tan

More and more people are falling in love with growing their own produce. This includes city dwellers whose day jobs have nothing to do with agriculture. Bru ... Read More...

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Award-winning visual artist is also an urban gardener, Part 2

Yvette Tan

More and more people are falling in love with growing their own produce. This includes city dwellers whose day jobs have nothing to do with agriculture. Bru ... Read More...

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Backyard gardening pushed to secure food source amidst COVID-19 threat

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By Mike U. Crismundo BUTUAN CITY – As families stay in their respective homes during the community quarantine due to the threats of the coronavirus disease 2... Read More...

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Award-winning visual artist is also an urban gardener, Part 1

Yvette Tan

More and more people are falling in love with growing their own produce. This includes city dwellers whose day jobs have nothing to do with agriculture. Bru ... Read More...

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How to keep anxiety at bay during the COVID-19 quarantine (Spoiler: Growing plants help!)

Yvette Tan

Staying mentally healthy during a time of uncertainty can be a challenge. Daily life has changed drastically since the discovery of COVID-19 and the necessary m... Read More...

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Chef makes his own fruit vinegar (and you can, too)

Yvette Tan

Vinegar is a staple of Filipino cuisine. It is both a condiment, like when it is used as dipping sauce, and an ingredient for dishes like adobo and paksiw. M... Read More...

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DA intensifies urban agri through veggie seed distribution amid COVID-19

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By Rita dela Cruz, DA Communications Group To ensure food availability and sustain production amidst the threat of COVID-19, the Department of Agriculture (D... Read More...

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This online class will teach kids how to start an urban garden

Yvette Tan

Almost all of the country has been asked to stay indoors in a bid to halt the spread of COVID-19. As it's also summertime, this means a lot of kids, parents,... Read More...

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Urban garden growers give away free seeds, seedlings, and cuttings to neighbors in Quezon City

Vina Medenilla

By Vina Medenilla In a bid to halt the spread of COVID-19 in the Philippines, many areas, including the whole of Luzon have been put under extreme enhanced c... Read More...

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DA protocol during Enhanced Community Quarantine

Yvette Tan

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has issued Protocols on Enhanced Community Quarantine on social and physical distancing. The measures have been approved by t... Read More...

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A list of plant-in-a-pot grow kits for gardening newbies: Kids (and kids at heart) can start here

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By Sahlie P. Lacson I introduced my son to the basics of farming at the age of seven. My immediate supervisor gave me samples of the grow kits that were give... Read More...

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Baguio City Veterinary Office is distributing seeds so people can grow “survival gardens”

Yvette Tan

By Yvette Tan The Baguio City Veterinary Office - Agricultural Services Division (BCVO-ASD) posted on social media that they have repacked different kinds of... Read More...

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How to start an ubran garden according to a soil scientist

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By Sahlie P. Lacson Dr. Ed Paningbatan Jr. is one fellow who devotes time after his retirement at the University of the Philippines (UP) as a Soil Science pr... Read More...

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Making your days productive during the community quarantine period by growing crops at home

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Since Metro Manila is under a month-long community quarantine starting March 15, 2020 and many folks are stuck at home, urban farm First We Farm (FWF) shared a ... Read More...

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BGC school’s gardening initiatives helps mold kids into global citizens

Yvette Tan

By Yvette Tan There's a growing worldwide concern on food security, and on young people being detached from how their food is grown. The British School Ma... Read More...

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I started a backyard farm with no knowledge about gardening – here’s how I did it

Jayvee Fernandez

By Jayvee Fernandez Greetings, dear reader! Like many men taking up new hobbies in their midlife crisis, I have followed the flock. However, unlike most men ... Read More...

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QC businessman is proud of his thriving 37-year-old edible garden

Yvette Tan

(As told to Yvette Tan) I am Dr. Lorgene A. Mata, Registered Psychologist with a Doctorate in Psychology from U. P. Diliman, Director/Owner of LAM Personnel ... Read More...

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Nine tips for keeping an urban garden well-watered despite El Niño

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By Jane Villa Someone who becomes an urban gardener will inevitably adopt sustainable practices, if it weren’t to those practices that drew them to gardening... Read More...

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Urban gardening idea for the budding mixologist

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By Jane Villa With so many herbs of herbs out there and a limited space in urban gardens, how do we choose which ones to plant? In Metro Manila, some are for... Read More...

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