320 Square Foot Shipping Container Garden Produces Like 2 Acres of Farmland
Meet the shipping container garden that produces 2 acres of food in 320 square feet!
Grow Your Own Food
How to Grow Herbs in a Kitchen Garden
I love cooking with fresh herbs, but during these chilly months my spiral herb garden is pretty much dormant. Here’s how to grow herbs indoors, so you can cook fresh all year round!
How to Grow Herbs In a Container Garden
Growing herbs indoors in pots is a wonderful way to continue the fresh flavors and nutritional benefits of fresh food into winter. If you want to know how to grow herbs on a patio or balcony, there are some things to consider before beginning your container herb garden.
Sharing Seeds with a Seed Swap
You don’t need to be an expert gardener to participate in a seed swap. All you need is some saved seeds and the willingness to share them, and get free seeds in return!
Fresh Spring Pea Soup: Delicious Hot or Cold
Soup in June? Don’t panic, this delicate soup is tasty served cold too.
Jerusalem Artichoke Salad with Lemony Vinaigrette
Here’s my last Jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke) recipe for the season: a grated Jerusalem artichoke salad with carrots and Meyer lemon vinaigrette. It’s a lovely refreshing salad with in-season ingredients that will having you thinking that spring is already here.
Take the Next Step: How to Grow From Seeds
There are lots of reasons for learning how to grow seeds, but my top reason is that I enjoy it: seeds are beautiful and mysterious and I love the process of nurturing them through their stages of growth. It’s magical to propagate your favorite seeds successfully for generations! Just give it a try…
Essential Herbs For Your Edible Landscape
Edible landscaping with herbs is the best thing you can do for your garden and your kitchen. Here are 10 favorite herbs that bring numerous benefits to your garden’s ecosystem, including: attracting pollinators and other beneficial insects, deterring harmful insects, enhancing the flavor and vigor of vegetables, and improving the soil.
Fall Garden: Growing from Seed
This time around, instead of buying plants, I decided to start my fall garden from seed!
Since I’ve never grown from seed before, I needed to figure out how to grow everything I planted. In case any of you picked up seeds similar to mine, I thought I’d share what I learned!