Plant a Pizza Garden!
Everyone loves pizza… ok, just about everyone! And you can grow most of the ingredients for pizza in the garden or in pots. Just buy the cheese and dough and you’re ‘good to go’. Summer…
Vegetables & Herbs
Plant a Salsa Garden!
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo – it’s the perfect time to plant that salsa garden that your taste buds have been yearning for! Tomatoes, onions, peppers, garlic, cilantro, and sunshine are the necessary ingredients. Easy to…
Planting Fall Veggies
Cooler days and nights…. it’s time to plant the fall vegetable garden! Seriously, late summer is the ideal time to plant cool season vegetables in the garden! Cool season veggies have two planting seasons –…
Herbs: Just for the Health of It!
Popular & versatile, herbs have countless culinary uses – fresh or dried – and offer healthy alternatives to the infamous saltshaker for flavoring foods. Are you a new or a ‘seasoned’ herb gardener? Remember –…
Tomato Talk
Finally, it’s time to buy tomatoes plants for the garden. Whether you’re a first-timer or seasoned tomato grower, do you wonder what the words and abbreviations mean on a tomato tag? If so, it’s time…
Cultivating Cilantro!
Cilantro (aka coriander) is the mainstay herb in Mexican cooking. And let’s not forget that Middle Eastern cooking uses cilantro in yogurt-based sauces and dips. Ready to spice up the herb garden with some cilantro?…
ABC’s of Harvesting Veggies
The old saying, “don’t harvest the corn ’til the water’s boiling,” may be familiar sounding. Simply put, it means that ‘just picked’ corn offers the best flavor and freshness! One way to assure yourself of…
Basil for Every Garden!
Basil is one of the most popular herbs grown in American gardens. A member of the mint family, basil is prized for its aromatic leaves that can be used fresh or dried. Easy to grow,…
Growing Tomatoes – Easy, Fun & Delicious
Nutritious and delicious, gardeners agree that tomatoes are ‘must haves’ in the vegetable garden. – Select tomatoes with purpose – slicing, paste, salsa, snacking, salads. – Tomatoes adore sunshine; choose a site where they will…
Growing Peppers – Easy, Fun & Delicious
Nutritious and delicious, gardeners love to plant peppers in the garden or planters. Here are a few ‘pepper pointers’ to get you growing! Select peppers with purpose – think frying, salad, stuffing, salsa, pickling, freezing,…