Healthy Food for Body and Soul
Healthy food starts long before it reaches our plates. Recently, I wrote a magazine article on “the lost art of learning through…
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How to Grow a Lemon Tree
Grow a lemon tree this far north? Yes! My friend Rex’s 10-year-old Meyer lemon tree is flourishing, and it’s inspired me to…
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Backyard Gardening: Growing Vegetables for Health and Joy
Backyard gardening enriches my and my family’s lives in so many ways. Sure, it’s hard work, but I never regret putting the…
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Jerusalem Artichoke / Sunchoke: a Tasty Survival Food
The Jerusalem artichoke — also called sunchoke and sunroot — is a fascinating and beneficial plant. It’s also tasty! Although they look…
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Growing Summer Squash: Everything You Need to Know
Summer squash and other home-grown vegetables are the star ingredients in my seasonal recipes. From squash casserole to zucchini boats, fresh produce…
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25 Garden Fresh Summer Recipes
Fresh summer recipes celebrate the flavors of the season. For me, summer is the perfect time to indulge in healthy produce from…
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Pruning A Peach Tree: How to Prune Your Peach Tree Properly
Pruning a peach tree is an important step in keeping it healthy. We love peach season and all things peaches at our…
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Views From My Garden
When people see my garden, they usually gawk at how expansive it is. Yes it’s big, and keeping a garden of that…
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Growing and Cooking with Herbs
Growing Herbs, the Original Medicine When I think about herbs, my mind wanders off somewhere beautiful, fragrant, and tasty—like this Herb Salad….
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Tips for Making a Cucumber Trellis
Why do I get so excited about a cucumber trellis, of all things? Every summer, I look forward to making my cucumber…
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How to Thin & Harvest Greens for Easier Cleaning
I adore rows of mustards, collards, and turnips growing in the garden without competition from weeds or stray grass. It’s beauty is…
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Blueberries, Wild to Cultivated
Picking Blueberries, from Wild to Cultivated Blueberries hold a sweet spot in my heart. I love both the wild ones and the…
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Growing Carrots 101
Are you thinking about growing carrots? I highly recommend it. Carrots are one of the most rewarding vegetables a gardener can grow….
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Cleaning and Cooking Collard Greens
Collard greens: how important are they in the South? In times past, cleaning and cooking collards marked a Southern girl’s transition from…
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Starting Seeds: Grow Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant and More
Starting seeds in winter is an act of faith. The sight of the wind blowing through the midwinter barren oak branches hardly…
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Planting Dates for Vegetables and Herbs
Fall planting dates and spring/summer planting dates get special treatment on my calendars. Planting dates are always earlier than you might think….
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Picking a Ripe Watermelon – 5 Steps
We Americans take so much joy in fresh, juicy, ripe watermelons in summer. That’s why picking a ripe watermelon is such a…
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The Harris’, Rains, Floods, Frost, Oh My
Planting at the Harris’ is always fun and often very eventful. This year was no different. Due to our excitement about receiving…
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How to Graft Apple Trees
Grafting Apple Trees is easier than you think! All you need are a few tools, scions, and rootstock and you’ll have apples…
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Hold Some Lettuce: How to Harvest Lettuce and Cabbage
Every fall, I have a hard time getting used to growing lettuce and cabbage after a summer of growing tomatoes and okra. …
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How to Save Tomato Seeds
How to Save Tomato Seeds Saving seeds from tomatoes is a little different than saving seeds from most vegetables. It is not…
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Prepping for a Sustainable Spring
Spring always brings much anticipated work for those attempting to live the sustainable lifestyle. There is nothing as a family that we…
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Summer Vegetable Growing Season
Getting Started on a Summer Garden — in Winter With the dead of winter upon us, the hot vegetable growing season seems…
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Arugula Pesto
Arugula pesto has become one of my favorite pestos to serve with meats as well as many pasta dishes. This pesto is…
