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Herb Garlic Popovers
Herb Garlic Popovers are the very essence of nostalgia. In the 1950's, just about everyone made them, and they appeared in advertisements. You could even get away with baking a …
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Garden Vegetable Plants That Double as Indoor Bouquets
Garden vegetable plants have a secret double life that no one is talking about. Sure, homegrown veggies taste delicious in a yummy seasonal recipe. And yes, it feels good to …
Planting Carrots in the Ground
Carrots need lots of sunshine in order to thrive—six to eight hours of sunshine a day. They’ll tolerate partial shade, but find them the sunniest spot you can. They also …
Planting Lettuce in the Ground
Lettuce is a cool-weather crop, and can even survive a light frost. In most cases, it has a strong dislike of heat—although you can find some heat-tolerant varieties. …
Dealing with Lettuce Pests
Pests on your lettuce plants, left unchecked, can damage and destroy your lovely lettuce. Keeping a close watch on your lettuce during regular daily inspections will help you spot any …
Planting Apple Trees in the Ground
Apples need lots of sunshine in order to thrive; six to eight hours a day. They also need well-drained soil with a pH of 6.0 to 7.0. You want your …
10 Tips for Growing Chives (and 5 Reasons You Want To)
I could be wrong, but I feel like chives don't get the praise they deserve. Growing chives is about as easy as it gets in the garden, and it's a …
Mashed Potatoes with Sour Cream and Chives
I like to grow some of my potatoes in those grow bags with the special access door on the side. I’m keeping two bags on my deck as an experiment. …
Fresh Chive Pesto
I woke up from the weirdest dream: someone, or some thing, had picked all my basil plants clean. It was still early morning, and the house was still. I threw …
Chive Butter
Sometimes you just have more chives than you know what do with. So I apply a variation of “When life gives you lemons…” When I find that I’ve been harvesting …
