Rather than waiting weeks for radish seeds to grow into, well, radishes, lots of people (including me) are enjoying their nutrient-dense and flavor-packed sprouts in all kinds of dishes instead. I love how quickly this grow your…
Pumpkins are notoriously hungry, thirsty, and sprawling plants. A lot of the growing advice for them centers around promoting a strong root system, so they can find enough water and food in the soil, and tolerate brief…
Growing mushrooms is fascinating, satisfying, and trendy as heck. But it also has the potential to be pretty complex and challenging. Since fungi are a completely separate biological kingdom to plants, not much of what you’ve learned…
Dill is one of my favorite herbs. I love it with dish, and I have a frankly obsessive relationship with dill pickles. I grow some from seed every year in my garden, but I still find myself…
Tomatoes are notoriously greedy plants. They’ll slurp all the nutrients out of fresh compost in a matter of weeks, and need topping up with fertilizer every week after that. If you’re growing your own produce to save…
Basil is primarily grown for its famously fragrant leaves. And I’ll be the first to admit that for a long time, it didn’t even occur to me whether it could flower. In fact, the first time one…
A container full of herbs placed strategically close to your kitchen door is a great way to give your cooking that extra burst of flavor. And a variety of different herbs is not only a useful addition…
We love to raise a patch of pumpkins each year. They are fun to grow, and give a lot of pleasure to our grandchildren in the fall. For most of us, space for growing vegetables is limited….
Parsley is one of my favorite herbs. We use it in our family risotto recipe, and many other dishes. My rabbits love it too and we grow a lot of it. We have some in our herb…
Is it OK to cut dead leaves off a banana plant? Removing dead leaves from a banana plant encourages new growth. But considering banana plants growing outdoors can reach anywhere from 20 to 40 feet, be prepared…
