Dealing With Hot Pepper Diseases
Like all food crops, hot peppers are susceptible to various fungal diseases. Your greatest weapons against these are best planting practices, which help prevent disease in the first place.
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The Grateful Jalapeños
It all started with a Summer plant sale. But not just any plant sale. A 75-percent off plant sale. …
What to Do with Summer Squash
So you grew those little trumpets of green and yellow! Congrats! It took all summer, but you did it! Now, do you have any idea what to do with summer …
Greek Lemon Potatoes
Greek Lemon Potatoes are the ultimate side dish, and let me tell you why. For the longest time, potatoes got a bad rap for being fattening. Sure, they’re a carbohydrate—but …
Leftover Turkey Shepherd’s Pies
We've all been through it. You cook a giant turkey, and then you're stuck with all of the leftovers. What do you do with them? You could make some sandwiches, …
A Growing Gardener
It was my intention to take the bottles to the redemption center, meet my friends Laura and Lauren for lunch, and then come home. It took me ten hours. You …
Crazy Woman Potatoes
One of my earliest memories is my father using a pitchfork to remove straw that had been placed on the garden bed over Winter. He talked about new life and …
Five Little Pumpkins
The plan for our family stay-at-home garden last Summer started with two raised beds. Little plastic prefab things, 4 feet by 4 feet, cheerfully plopped on a sunny spot behind …
How to Farm With Children
Pregnancy—Keep working outside every day. When feeling nauseated in the Spring, slowly pick and munch on raw kale buds while working and hope it’s nutrition your body needs. When it …
Baked Brown Butter Radishes
Healthy with a little bit of decadence—that’s what these Baked Brown Butter Radishes are! You can already tell from the name that they’re bound to be a treat. It’s a …
