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The Best Way to Freeze Fruit and Berries for Baking
In the days before I knew the best way to freeze fruit and berries, I put around five pounds of fresh blueberries in my freezer. We had gone blueberry picking, …
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The Best Way to Wash Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
There are few things more satisfying than harvesting a basket of fresh produce from your own garden—or bringing home a colorful haul from the farmers’ market. Crisp apples, juicy peaches, …
Planning a Backyard Orchard You Can Harvest Year-Round
Whether you plant in spring or fall, both seasons offer excellent opportunities to start a backyard orchard. If you've been following my gardening adventures for a while, you may remember …
The Life and Times of Growing Boysenberries
Are you growing boysenberries? When I was young, we had oodles of berries growing (thanks, birds!), though we never grew boysenberry. My mother taught me never to grow raspberries or …
Taming the Blackberries: When Backyard Pest Control Turns Cute
When I think of backyard pest control, I usually think of it as a way to get rid of unwanted critters. On a small scale, that might be Squash Bugs …
Garden-to-Glass Cocktails
There was no small push by our team to delve into the wild world of "garden-to-glass" cocktails. Can you blame them?
After all, fennel-infused cocktails are all the rage now, so …
Planning a Backyard Orchard You Can Harvest Year-Round
Whether you plant in spring or fall, both seasons offer excellent opportunities to start a backyard orchard. If you've been following my gardening adventures for a while, you may remember …
Blackberry-Thyme Sparkler Mocktail
The Blackberry-Thyme Sparkler came to life during one of my experimental evenings with our Berry-Basil Puree. I had this gorgeous batch of blackberries that were almost too pretty to blend, …
6 Easy Fruits to Grow in Pots Inside Your Home
When we were buying our first house, we shopped a lot. Our realtor must have been exhausted by us. On one occasion, we saw a home that opened up to …
Blackberry Heaven—The All-in-One Guide to Choosing, Growing, Harvesting, and Cooking Blackberries
In this month’s Food Gardening Magazine, you get everything you need to know about blackberries—so easy to grow, you’ll wonder why you didn’t start planting blackberries sooner! There are three …
