Looking to get back to basics? Start by growing your own food!
HGTVS Master Gardener Paul James shares tips to help you on your way to becoming a Home Farmer
Spring has sprung and its time to start planting! People are looking to eat simple, delicious foods especially those grown at home which can make all the difference for you and your family. In fact, a recent study showed that nearly two-thirds of Americans are interested in growing their own food in a backyard garden, and that 3 in 4 Americans prefer to eat foods with a few, simple ingredients.
Master Gardener Paul James, host of HGTVs Gardening by the Yard, is here to get us started! His tips on how to plant and grow in community and home farms will be useful to the 56% of Americans who did not grow food last year because of their lack of time and space.
He can also talk about his role in the Triscuit Home Farming Movement, which celebrates the values of simple goodness by encouraging people to discover the joy of growing fresh herbs and vegetables at home no matter where they live. To help Americans get started, Triscuit is putting plantable herb seed cards in four million boxes of Triscuit crackers to be grown on home farms in backyards and balconies, creating 50 community-based home farms with non-profit Urban Farming to connect communities through growing food together, and working together with the National FFA Organization to create encourage farming methods for the future.
For more information, please visit www.triscuit.com/homefarming
About Paul James: Paul began gardening in earnest in 1979, the year he and his wife, Carrie, got married and purchased their first home. As an undergraduate, Paul received numerous awards for his research in analytical chemistry. He also studied botany, plant physiology, and plant pathology. In 1983, he received his master gardener certification. In addition to writing and producing 26 episodes of Gardening by the Yard each year, Paul travels coast to coast making personal appearances. He has also hosted HGTVs live coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade on HGTV for ten years.
