Stuffed Spaghetti Squash
My love of spaghetti squash is one reason I garden. Until recently you never saw it in grocery stores. Thankfully it is gaining in popularity, and I can buy it at the store if we run out of homegrown. It … Read More
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Getting started with saving your own seeds
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. During my cross-country farm tour last fall, I stopped by Seed Savers Exchange (SSE) in Iowa and was overwhelmed by their amazing heirloom seed collection and the many other resources that they … Read More
Gene Editing vs. Genetic Modification
In recent years, consumers, food producers, policy makers, and other advocates have become more aware of the harms of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and calls for GMO labeling have become widespread. A technology which I believe is lesser known, but … Read More
Book review: The Year-Round Solar Greenhouse
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This time of year, many vegetable growers are still trying to extend their growing season and others are gearing up to continue growing straight through the winter. In planning for my … Read More
Unusual Vegetables: Heirloom, Wild, Forgotten, and Exotic
I recently wrote about the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association Sustainable Agriculture Conference, which I attended in North Carolina earlier this month. One of my favorite workshops was ‘Unusual Vegetables from Mountains to Sea’ by Marc Williams. Marc is an ethnobotanist … Read More
Book review: The Market Gardener
The Market Gardener is such a thorough guide to commercial market gardening that at first I wondered why Jean-Martin Fortier would want to reveal all of his secrets to potential competitors. However, it becomes clear that Fortier simply wants this … Read More
Final garden harvest?
Freezing vegetables Freezing is probably the easiest way to preserve the harvest from your garden or the produce you pick up at the farmers’ market when it is in season. Most fruits and vegetables freeze well. If properly stored in … Read More
Who picks your fruit?
If it were not for illegal immigrants, most Americans would be starving — and this is not simply my little opinion. This is what “specialty growers” will tell you, and they are the farmers who grow the food that people … Read More
