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Groundhogs in the Garden
Every garden has its pest and ours at this moment is groundhogs. If you don’t know what a groundhog is, think beaver with a short stubby furry tail. Groundhogs are a member of the rodent family. They get the hog part of their name honestly. They are hogs when it comes to munching on tender…
Planning To Plant Garlic
Walk into any decent Italian restaurant and take a deep breath. That warm spicy aroma tingling your nose is quite likely garlic. That incomparable deep flavor that makes Italian dishes sing. You can bring this into your own kitchen through bulbs of garlic purchased at a box store, but why do that when garlic is…
Hooray for Gourmet Potatoes!
This is the first week of our Gert’s Garden 2 Go© delivery that includes gourmet potatoes. We call them gourmet because they are. Small spuds of varying colors and textures, specially bred to be small and flavorful. Of course, we like “new” potatoes too. What is the difference? New potatoes are from varieties like Kennebec,…
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Gardening season starts in January here at Five Feline Farm. Planning The first task in any gardener’s year is to determine what to grow. Here at the Farm, we concentrate on vegetables we can preserve for winter and those we can eat fresh. It is important to keep the garden plans from year to year…
Sugar Cane in Illinois?
Do you remember the old commercial for C&H sugar? C&H. Pure cane sugar. From Hawaii. Growing in the sun. Did you know you can grow sugar cane in Illinois too? Ok, maybe not as a cash crop or in the quantities needed to process granulated sugar. But you can grow it. This past summer, on…
Making Herb Butter
Five Feline Farm produces not only vegetables and fruit but an array of herbs to complement any dish. Unfortunately, the growing season is coming to a close in Central Illinois, so it is time to pick some herbs to be held over for winter use. Herbs can be dried and stored in glass jars or…



