Category: Gardening

  • Fall Garlic Planting

    Walk into any decent Italian restaurant and take a deep breath. That warm spicy aroma tingling your nose is quite likely garlic. The incomparable deep flavor makes Italian dishes renowned, but also enhances any number of other recipes. You can bring this culinary delight into your own kitchen through bulbs of garlic purchased at a…

  • How To Shop The Farmer’s Market

    How To Shop The Farmer’s Market

    A Farmer’s Market can be overwhelming. Who has the best product? Who has the best prices? How do I know I am getting a good value for my dollar? This post will answer your questions.  Get to know the vendors. Ask questions about their products. Growers and market vendors should be able to answer your…

  • 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…

  • It’s Tomato Time!

    It’s Tomato Time!

    What will you do with that first ripe tomato? You know the one. The warm, juicy, full of tomato goodness one fresh from the garden. The one that holds all the promise of the season’s bounty just by changing from green to red or gold or purple or striped. Will it be a large slicing…