Is 2019 the year you’re finally going to grow food? Or maybe it’s the year you get serious about growing enough veggies to stop buying them at the store? If so, you may already find yourself inundated with seed catalogs…and like an 18th-century sailor hypnotized by the siren’s song, you might be under the spell […]
Chop & Drop in the Garden
Chop and drop is a way to create good soil in your garden for growing vegetables. In our vegetable garden I use green manure to chop and drop. It is less work than making compost and when applied right, it can bring the same results. The way I use chop and drop is inspired on […]
How to grow Japanese white egg eggplant
I chose to grow Japanese white egg eggplant (Solanum melongena) this year because, I wanted to to see if I could get the kids to eat it! They basically look like chicken eggs growing on a plant, they even hang by one end like a mini egg tree. They are great to cook with and […]
Veggie Garden Remix
When I found out Niki Jabbour was coming out with a new book, I couldn’t wait to dive right into it. Veggie Garden Remix: 224 New Plants to Shake Up Your Garden and Add Variety, Flavor, and Fun is out now. If you are looking to find exciting and unique vegetables for your garden, this […]
Growing Lovage in Your Herb Garden
Have you ever heard of Lovage? What IS Lovage? It is not a common plant and many people have never heard of it. Lovage is a wonderful plant that gets quite large. It’s a herb and you can pick the leaves to add to your dinners fresh. And it’s a perennial – so plant it once and […]
Growing Rhubarb – One of the Best Northern Perennials!
Rhubarb is one of the earliest producers in Spring. It’s very easy to grow and it is a perennial, meaning that you plant it once and it will come up year after year. Many people get 20 years worth of harvest off of a single rhubarb plant. That is a great return on your investment. […]
