Home gardeners meet the Kalette. This hybrid from the UK mixes the crunch of kale with the flavor of Brussels sprouts in a ...
I love the steadfast nature of perennials. After another winter of cold, harsh weather, my plants yawn and stretch each spring, as they wake for another season of beautiful blooms, tall, stately ...
Every spring, gardeners across the Northern hemisphere receive the same back-o’-the-seed-packet advice: “Sow as soon as the soil can be worked.” Okay, that’s cryptically vague. Workable how? I have a ...
While bees and their remarkable raw honey generally get a lot of buzzingly good press, we often lose sight of the other amazing gifts they have to offer. Beeswax is an age-old, renewable material that ...
Lovage (Levisticum officinale) is a hardy perennial herb native to the Mediterranean. As part of the Apiacaea family, it is closely related to carrot, celery, and parsley. This culinary and medicinal ...
From sun up to sun down, bees are doing important work for the health and safety of the hive. Foraging bees will travel up to 5 miles from the colony to gather up pollen for hungry baby bees back at ...
Nothing strikes fear into my houseplant-loving heart more than going to water my plants and finding the tell-tale signs of spider mites. ‘Hmm, those leaves used to be a lot greener…and is that webbing ...
Don’t you love easy food? There’s something so satisfying about saying, “I made it from scratch,” and knowing that it took you all of five minutes to make. Honey-fermented ginger is like that. It’s ...
Are your garden harvests smaller than you dreamed of? Have you come to the realization that your garden may be in a less than an ideal location? Think again. You may be trying to grow the wrong ...
When thinking about edible plants and foraging for food, ferns are one of the first things that come to mind. But, whether you’re a seasoned forager or an inquisitive gardener, knowing the facts about ...
Wasps have earned a reputation for being the absolute jerks of the flying insect community. With menacing looks and an aggressive behavior that fears precisely no one, wasps are equipped with a ...
Tomatoes are a pain in the butt to grow. They are, let’s not deny it. And yet, I don’t think I’ve ever had a garden without tomatoes. Life would be so much easier if I were one of those people who ...