Just because we are blogging about chestnuts today, doesn’t mean you have to start singing The Christmas Song! It’s hard not to. But did you know that chestnuts are coming into season...
At the end of the summer season there are so many great veggies that are ripe for the pickin’, including a couple favorites–Lima beans and sweet corn. Combined, these made up a simple...
Sheet mulching (a.k.a. Lasagna Layering) is a technique for building new planting areas through composting in place. It uses gathered materials, microscopic organisms and time to create rich furtile...
Seems like everything is coming early this year. Summer came early, pears and apples are early, and now persimmons are early. Whatever the case is, if you love persimmons as much as I do then you...
Blue Lobelia blooms in late summer (July to September) on one-to-four foot spikes. The plant got its latin name, Lobelia siphilitica, because it was thought to cure syphilis. Blue Lobelia self-seeds...
As August turns to September, it is a good time to start planning and planting fall crops. The following is a list of planting tips that can help you have success growing edibles well into the...
Celery is one of those foods that is most often eaten raw or used in soups and stocks much like an herb is. It’s not one that you can really preserve by canning, pickling, or freezing to good...
Sunchoke or Jerusalem Artichoke, Sunroot, Lambchoke, Topinambur, Girasol, Girasole, or Gerasole (Helianthus tuberosus) is a beautiful hardy perennial plant that is native to North America and has a...
Coneflowers are one of those native flowers that is beautiful, long-blooming, attractive to bees, butterflies, and birds, and offers medicinal benefit to us. What else can you ask for in a flower...
Jan Hoadley grew up on a family farm in Illinois, and learned early that being different was OK. She’d been drawn to heritage and heirloom varieties partly because of the historical aspect...