Gardening, Cooking & DIY Living
It’s picnic season and that means it is time to eat Seven Layer Salad! Seven Layer Salad is a classic picnic and get-together recipe served in many parts of the United States, especially the Mid-West. It is typically served in
It’s time to start gardening with Spring crops! As the daylight extends a little more each day, and the soil temperatures gently begin to rise, its time to ease into garden season with a full array of spring crops that
Cold frames are a great way to grow healthy, fresh salad crops like lettuce, kale and spinach all winter long! Salad crops are the perfect choice when it comes to growing in cold frames. They are quick to germinate, have
The Fall Crop Gardening Experience. As we get set to head into August, many gardeners are caught up in the excitement of the summer harvest. Everything from tomatoes, peppers, zucchini and corn seem to be ready to pick daily, and the
If you are chomping at the bit to get in your garden – there is no need to wait any longer! Now is a great time to get that garden growing with all types of delicious, early season, cool temperature-loving Spring
Nothing compares to the taste of freshly made salsa, pasta sauce, soup or a beautiful salad from your very own garden! With nothing more than a tiny plot of backyard space or a sunny patio – you can easily create and
Although we wouldn’t trade our low-cost, hassle-free raised row gardening method for anything – (see: Growing with Simple Raised Rows) I have to admit that for a few select crops, using a couple of simple contained raised beds can make a lot
Using a cold frame is an easy way to extend the season! Just because the warm summer months have all but vanished into oblivion – it doesn’t mean that you have to stop growing your own fresh vegetables. Cold frames
So much emphasis is given every year to getting the garden in throughout the spring and early summer – that sometimes we forget that many crops can be planted again in the late summer. Almost all of the crops that
Lettuce is one of the fastest and easiest to grow crops around. It can be grown in the garden, in containers and raised beds, or almost anywhere you can clear out a little space. There are hundreds upon hundreds of