Extending the growing season on a budget
Here in my neck of the woods, agricultural zone 6b, we are currently in that in between stage for growing things. The soil is warm enough for cool crops to start, but we are still having frosts at night so the warm-weather veggies like tomatoes and peppers have to wait for a few more weeks. [...]
Growing Vegetables – Articles Revisited
Growing vegetables is something that nearly everyone can do. It’s easy, enjoyable, frugal, and it’s a great way to gain a bit of control over our food supply. Let’s spend this Friday looking at articles from our archive that help remind us of the joys of vegetable gardening. I know it’s early in the season, [...]
Re-growing Celery
It make sense that when you harvest celery from you garden, if you leave an inch of the base in the ground, it will regrow. This can be done over and over again from the same original base. But did you know that you can re-grow store-bought celery in a bowl on your window sill? [...]
Keeping the Harvest Fresh – Let ‘em Take a Dip
If you’re harvesting root vegetables, and you won’t be using them immediately, a good way to keep them fresh is to set them in a bowl of cold water and let them drink up the moisture until you’re ready to use them. Whether it’s onions or beets or carrots, the root/bulb and the tops will [...]
Domesticating Edible Weeds
“You grow weeds in your garden… on purpose?” My neighbor was skeptical as I showed her my raised beds and some of the “weeds” growing in my tree lines outside the fence. There are a good number of wild food plants in my part of the country, but most of them are not found in [...]
Home Canning – Rhubarb
In the last week of June, Michelle and I picked most of our rhubarb patch, stewed it, and canned it. We’re proud of this, because it’s the first year we’ve handled our rhubarb harvest correctly.
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