Sometimes I feel like Lucille Ball at the chocolate factory when I’m knee-deep in harvest season and just can’t keep up with using all of my delicious veggies. Even after  …

Composting used to scare me. I should say, compost bins used to scare me. I had heard all the great things about composting: that it was a super sustainable and  …

As an idea, I think almost any garden is a meditative garden. Some, like Japanese rock gardens, are established with the intention that they will be a place of reflective  …

Squash is in my top five favorite vegetables and that’s partly due to the fact that it’s both a noun and a verb. You can squash a squash but you  …

As a lover of garlic scapes—the more-delicious alternative to asparagus—I could hardly believe it when I read today's piece, Scaping Lessons, and learned there are people on this planet that  …

If you find small, dry, round holes in your tubers, look more closely, and you may discover wireworms in potatoes. Wireworms can cause significant damage in a garden, but they  …

If I had to choose the most mysterious flower in my herb garden, it would be lavender. How to dry it, use it, and cook with it are all questions  …

I strolled through my garden just a couple of days ago and stumbled upon a seemingly lifeless rose bush near Orris Hill. Orris Hill, as we fondly call it, is  …

I love rosemary. It's easy to grow. It's hardy. And it tastes great in so many dishes. But I also regularly end up with powdery mildew on rosemary plants –  …

A Pepper with Pedigree: The Origins of the Mighty Serrano When it comes to growing Serrano peppers, few chili varieties offer the same balance of heat, flavor, and productivity. The Serrano  …