Our Favorite Tomato Varieties March 23, 2021 Are you getting your garden ready for spring? Have you started sprouting your tomato plants? If you are still looking around for some good…
5 Strategies to Reduce Food Waste going to Landfills January 6, 2021 I often think about ways I can reduce food waste. Compostable yard trimmings and food scraps make up the single largest component of the municipal…
4 Ways to Preserve Chili Peppers September 29, 2020 Even though we harvest them in late summer, preserving your chilis lets you enjoy the flavor of peppers all year long. There are a…
How Wildfire Smoke Affects Garden Crops August 25, 2020 Updated 9/8/2021 – How Wildfire Smoke Affects Garden Crops I’ve been seeing so many images out on social media of your gardens with hazy,…
How to Get More Fruit on your Tomato Plants July 27, 2020 So, you have a nice looking, healthy tomato plant. There are lots of leaves but just no fruit. You ask yourself, why aren’t my…
Bulb, Tuber, Corm or Rhizome? May 26, 2020 Identifying Underground Stems Most people know what a flower bulb is. Images of an onion or a daffodil come immediately to mind. But the…
Making Chipotles from Jalapeños April 24, 2020 Chipotle peppers are a cornerstone of Latin cooking — so essential that they’ve long since transcended their origins. Today, their smoky, complex flavor shows…
Growing Hot Peppers April 21, 2020 Growing hot peppers (capsicum chinense) is a bit different from growing sweet peppers (capsicum annuum). They can be finicky, but once you get the…
Tips for Growing Super Healthy Tomatoes April 19, 2020 Tomatoes are the most wonderful vegetable to grow. But they can be temperamental, especially if you don’t have just the right growing conditions. So,…
8 Ways to Eat Kitchen Scraps (and Keep Them Out of the Trash!) March 26, 2020 So many of us are looking for ways to make the fresh veggies we bring into the house go farther these days. But eat…
