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 …
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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 …
Dealing with Radish Diseases
Like all food crops, radishes are susceptible to various fungal diseases, however they’re quite the tough crop. Because of their short growing period, they don’t have much time to develop …
Week 3: Blueberries
Blueberries are a bit of an oddity in the culinary world. Tart and sweet at the same time, they don’t fit into any flavor category. Chicken, however, is just so …
The Best Way to Grow Tomatoes
If you want to grow tomatoes in your home garden—the easy and fruitful way—you’ve come to the right place!
Food Gardening Network’s purpose is to help home gardeners like you with …
Storing Food from Your Freedom Garden
The goal of a Freedom Garden is to be able to store and share the food you’re growing, so getting good at storing and preserving your fruits and veggies should …
Crop Rotation Basics for a Freedom Garden
If you have a small backyard plot for your Freedom Garden, or a porch garden, or a space where you grow herbs beside your kitchen window, you might wonder what …
