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5 Farming Myths That Make Growing Food Feel Harder Than It Is
Growing food can sound impossibly complicated from the outside. There are tools, soil terms, pest names, fertilizer numbers, weather worries, and a whole lot of people online sounding very certain…
How to Grow Hot Peppers in a Home Garden
Hot peppers are proof that a small harvest can change a whole meal. One pepper can brighten a pot of soup. A few can become salsa, hot sauce, chili oil,…
Eating Locally Means
Incredible taste and freshness Produce picked and sold at ripeness, not before ripeness to facilitate shipping Your dollars stay in your local community Local food adds less carbon emissions to…
Salad Burnet: A Perennial Herb with Cucumber-Flavored Leaves
Burnet (Poterium Sanguisorba) is a salad green originally from Europe, and was once used in a 21 herb mixture thought to prevent the plague. It has a slightly spicy flavor. Burnet…
Costmary: An Old-Fashioned Perennial Herb for the Food Garden
Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita) is a European perennial which was once used medicinally and then came to be popular in culinary recipes. It was once called Bible leaf, as people used…
Pink Jumbo Banana Squash
The pre-1883 Mexican/American heirloom cultivar Pink Jumbo Banana Squash is a member of the the Family Cucurbitaceae, genus Cucurbita, Species maxima. It is also known as Jumbo Pink Banana Squash and Banana Pink Jumbo…
Rouge vif d’Etampes Pumpkin
The French heirloom cultivar Rouge vif d'Etampes Pumpkin is a member of the the Family Cucurbitaceae, genus Cucurbita, Species maxima, and was hybridized by Burpee in 1883. It is also known…
How to Prune Apple Trees Before Spring Growth Takes Off
Pruning apple trees can feel like spring training for gardeners. You come out of winter with good intentions, a pair of pruners, and a tree that somehow made more branches…