Composting -Vitamins for the Garden
With plans laid out ready to start gardening, a funny thought occurred to me today about composting. Have you ever thought of it as vitamins for the garden?
In the Garden
Beets, Beets, and more Beets!
Have you heard it is beneficial to “eat a rainbow” of different colors of produce to get a variety of nutrients your body needs?
Growing Tomatoes
What is better than enjoying fresh tomatoes in late summer? A bacon, lettuce, tomato sandwich or a pasta sauce
Growing Asparagus
I have a great trivia question for you, name a vegetable that comes up year after year that produces a crop for 15 to 20 years? If you guessed asparagus, you are a winner. If you’re thinking about planting an asparagus bed this year,
Growing Strawberries
I visited our local food coop today and they had fresh strawberries that had just arrived on the truck. Oh, they looked so good, I couldn’t resist. I purchased two quarts of these beauties
Rhubarb: A Fruit or Vegetable?
Did you guess a fruit? Guess what, rhubarb is a vegetable, even though it is commonly used in pies, muffins, sauces and desserts.
Recipe for Good Garden Soil
Let’s talk about garden soil. For those of you like me, who want to call it dirt, the saying goes, “Dirt is just soil out of place.” So, it is dirt, if it gets in your house, it is soil, if it is in your garden where it is supposed to be!
Planting Seeds Indoors
If you are starting your garden plants from seeds indoors, it’s time to get started
A Self-Sustaining Garden
Over the past decade plus, I have had the opportunity to travel outside the U.S. and witness life in villages that have very limited access to food.
Making Raised Garden Beds
This farm girl has been trying to encourage (maybe it could be classified as bugging) her husband for the last year or so, to help build some raised beds.
