I know I'm a little biased about gardening and growing your own fruits, herbs, and vegetables, but I love giving vegetable seeds as gifts for holidays, birthdays, and other special …
I remember being in third grade and my teacher separated two of the annoying boisterous kids (okay, one of them was me), and said: “You two just can’t be around …
As a New Englander by adoption, I’m fascinated by—and proud of—almost everything New England, including our rich history of potato farming. And when it comes to the king of New …
The wonderful thing about mistakes, including garden mistakes, is that we don't have to make them all. We can learn from the mistakes of others. For example, we don't have …
Can you eat green tomatoes? Raw? Cooked? Diced into a salsa? Oh, this question is as old as time. What else would we bicker about at our gardening clubs, if …
There's a true joy in going to the garden and picking some ripe eggplant, tomatoes, and herbs for a late summer dinner. I love walking friends through my garden in …
Gardening is supposed to be a joy, not an Olympic event in joint pain. If you live with arthritis, you’ve probably experienced the bittersweet moment of wanting to dig into …
Question: What’s worse than wilted, mushy, refrigerator lettuce stored in single-use plastic? Answer: Nothing. Over the last few years, I’ve been slowly swapping out my single-use food storage items for …
In a world where tomatoes are shipped thousands of miles, and honey often hides behind syrupy imposters, small farmers are bringing food production back to the backyard—or at least the …