Don’t spend another dime on fancy tomato ties from the garden center! Panty hose work perfectly for the task of keeping wayward vines trained where you want them. I’ve always kept store-bought ties like the ones pictured below Read More …
Month: July 2013
Book Review: Gaining Ground
Gaining Ground: A Story of Farmers’ Markets, Local Food, and Saving the Family Farm by Forrest Pritchard My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love this farmer memoir because it’s funny, accessible, and deeply touching. Forrest Pritchard writes directly from Read More …
Too-Sweet Defeat
Maybe I was basking in the joy of my mulberry harvest a little too blithely. Maybe I shouldn’t have taken the lazy way out of making jam by trying to make freezer jam instead of cooked jam. Or Read More …
Mulberry Joy
I was told that mulberry season is over. Apparently our backyard mulberry tree didn’t get the memo. We are still gathering berries every day, though the peak occurred about 2 weeks ago. At that point the kids and Read More …
Residential Rain Garden
GMO OMG: View the Trailer
I’ll be watching this one– will you?
Fast Friday Tip: Lettuce Lattice
Lettuce lattice….trying saying that 3 times fast! Okay, I just did. It’s not actually very difficult. 🙂 Even less difficult is using scrap lattice in your garden. This is a very simple idea I found to help protect your Read More …
Six Ways with Sour Cherries
My sister-in-law Casey has a really gorgeous sour cherry tree in her front yard. In an attempt to further my foraging skills, I decided I’d pick a whole bunch and figure out what to do with them. This post Read More …