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Lovage is basically a French celery. It’s four times as flavorful as the traditional celery I’m used to in an American grocery store. So, you don’t need a lot of it. I cut the leaves off so I only have the stalks left. I feel like Morticia Addams when I do this. Oh, and remember […]
I’ve noticed that garden belts online are not customized to my exact needs. So, I made my own! I used yellow duck canvas. Once I finished, I threaded a military tactical belt through the back because I wanted a heavy duty clasp. The sewing machine that seems to hold up fir this type of work […]
You may be used to eating raspberries that are red or red-purple. Did you know there is a gold variety? This variety is called Double Gold and it is light yellow or orange when ripe. We planted these along with some Red raspberries (the cultivar is called “Red”) as well as with some Crimson Night […]
I love to dry herbs. This is especially useful when you can’t eat at the speed your plants are producing. I love my Cosori Food Dehydrator. It has been great because it is square-shaped (the round dehydrators waste corners of counter space) and has the volume for drying a lot of herbs at once. You […]
I enjoy dehydrating fruits and vegetables that aren’t typically sold dehydrated. While it’s easy to get dried apricots, for example, it’s difficult to find dried cantaloupe. Since our melons have started producing, I decided to try dehydrating some of the fruit. I used my own melons from the garden to make the dehydrated fruit. I […]
Called hornworm caterpillars or other names, the green horned caterpillars are awful. They eat our plants! They start out really small, and they come out at night to feed. So during the heat of the day they are hidden. We learned that a black light is effective for looking for them at night. You have […]
Recently, I found a praying mantis in plain sight sunbathing on a zucchini leaf. If you ever see a praying mantis, you might be tempted to say “Eww a bug!” However, you will want to be nice to the praying mantis. What does a praying mantis eat? Other bugs. It is a hunter. So, similar […]
I was given some French cantaloupe seeds from my sister Kelly and directions on how to plant them. She told me to put a few seeds in the mound and see what grows. We had some cold weather come through at the start, so to protect the seeds, I put clear bags on top to […]
This spring, I planted two types of radishes: Red Belle and Sparkler. The Red Belle variety of radishes is solid, bright red and best picked on the young side before they get too big. Sparkler radishes are half white, half red. I gave away most of my radishes because, unlike other vegetables, you have to […]
We are growing so much basil in the garden lately, and it grows so quickly, that we need to find creative uses for it. This ice cream is made with a Cuisinart Ice Cream maker (mine is the white model), which makes life so much easier for me than an old, wooden, hand-crank ice cream […]
Recently, a friend gave me a beautiful bouquet of flowers from her garden. I don’t grow many stem flowers, so this was a nice treat. The colors are vibrant and the types of flowers in this mix go well together. This bouquet includes sweet pea (purple and pink) and rose (red).
One of the best times to garden is in the evening. You can avoid getting a sunburn, it’s cooler so you don’t overheat on hot days, and the photos of your vegetables and plants turn out well (photography is worst in the middle of the day because of glare, shadows, and other harsh lighting—try evening […]
We had some Honeyberry bushes to plant, but our property is just rock and red dirt. Very few plants can survive in the mountain that we seemingly live on. So, we had to dig out all the rocks and dirt (which took weeks) and then finally fill in the hole with something that could sustain […]
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