Sources I like for plants and seeds: Check local nurseries and garden centers Logees Richters Raintree Hartmanns One Green World Seed Catalogs - open pollinated, non-hybrid, no GMO
Cool spring weather is a great time to plant peas, lettuce, spinach, cilantro, cabbage, onions, radishes, carrots, beets, arugula, and potatoes. Most leafy vegetables or root vegetables can be ...
Edible landscaping is becoming better known and in the news more frequently. Below are some recent news reports. It isnt that edible landscaping is new but due to concern about the econom...
Use this interactive map to find when specific fruits and vegetables are in season in your area. What Fruits and Veggies Are In Season? Courtesy of WEBstaurant Restaurant Supplies
One purpose of this blog is to introduce you to some of the more unusual edible vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Although the vegetables mentioned in this article are ones you have likely heard o...
You may think it is not possible to grow fruit indoors. I just harvested my first grapefruit from a tree that I have had for about two years. In my zone 6 yard I have to keep it ind...
The article The Twenty Healthiest Foods for Under $1 from Divine Caroline has a list of healthy foods to help you eat healthy while saving money on your grocery budget. Imagine how much y...
Need ideas for gifts for gardeners (or for you)? Some possibilities could be tools, indoor plants (what about a Vanilla vine?), seeds, seed starting supplies, catalogs, books, magazines or ezines, pl...
Now is a great time to think about your landscape and garden for next year. What vegetable, herbs, and fruits do you and your family consume? Which of these grow in your area and could be used ...
A survey by the National Gardening Association came up with several reasons why people garden. Is the reason you garden on this list or do you have another reason? To grow better tasting food T...
This new canning funnel, invented by a friend of mine, makes canning safer and easier. Fits securely on the rim of jars preventing tipping and reducing spilling. Fits 1/2 pint, pint, and ...
I have been writing a book about herbs and so have not been posting much on my blogs. What About Herbs? is now available for Kindle and soon for Nook.
I won the book Small Green Roofs by Nigel Dunnett, Dusty Gedge, John Little, and Edmund G. Snodgrass from Gardening Jones blog! It is interesting reading about green roofs on everything from apartmen...
Bush cherries are cherries that grow on a shrub or bush instead of a tree. There are several types of cherries with the common name of bush cherry including Sand Cherry (Prunus x cistena), Hans...
To celebrate this Fourth of July why not plant and/or use some plants native to the Americas? Some such as tomatoes and potatoes were unknown in the old world until they were imported from the ...
Swiss Chard or Chard Beta vulgaris cicla is a vegetable often grown as a spinach substitute because it can handle the heat of summer while spinach cannot. Chard can be harvested for a lon...
My interview with Utah Boomers Magazine. How Does Your Garden Grow? (function() { var scribd = document.createElement("sc ript"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; ...
Strawberries are one of my favorite fruits. I love the scent and the taste of fresh strawberries and all the delicious things you can make with them. I am growing Alpine strawberries this year ...
If the coldest weather is likely past and the buds on your trees are expanding now is the time to prune most of your fruit trees. Apples, cherries, peaches, pears, plums, and apricots sho...
When starting seeds or buying plants for your vegetable garden (or if you dont have a vegetable garden) consider planting some of those vegetables in other spots in your yard. Peppers, lettuce, and m...
Wolfberry, Goji berry, Matrimony Vine, and Gou-gi-zi are all common names for Lycium barbarum. Wolfberry or Wolf Berry is probably the most well know common name. Wolfberry has been grown...
p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { } Hardiness Zones represent areas of average annual minimum temperatures. The USDA has divided the U.S. in to eleven different zones based on the lowest termperat...
p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } My introduction to black currants came in a Small Fruit Production class when the professor brought in a bottle of black currant juice that he had purchased at a German d...
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