If you live in, or have ever visited, the suburbs and shopping mall parking lots of the American mid-west or east, you probably have laid your eyes on a Bradford Pear, aka Callery pear (Pyrus...
Saving your own heirloom tomato seeds is easy! The seeds are fun to share with friends and neighbors and make great holiday gifts. Here is what you do: 1. Pick out a fruit that is free from disease...
Harvesting potatoes is one of the great joys of growing your own food. It’s like digging for treasure. Once all nuggets are out of the ground though, they must be properly cured to ensure...
Pasturized milk is on every shelf, available for ‘safe’ consumption. The FDA regulates no other farmer as tough as milking farms. Because milk is so massively produced it does need to...
During the winter season, when for many people much of the garden lies fallow, winter weeds begin to creep into the corners, paths, and untended places. For most people, those weeds are viewed as...
It’s the beginning of February and a good time to start some celery. Celery is one of those vegetables that takes a long time to germinate and a long time to mature. You can enjoy some leaves...
Sweet Pea Gardens is an organic herbal tea farm run by Shelley Ruhlen, located in Eureka, California. Sweet Pea Gardens is a wonderful example of a small, value-added, farm business. From growing, to...
If you’ve never made your own gnocchi before, you are missing out on a real treat. It’s so easy, a toddler can do it. Once gnocchi are prepared, it takes only about 2 minutes to cook them in boiling...
By Emma O’Connell Several years ago when I first settled down on my few acres and acquired my first batch of chickens, I had this romantic idea that the chickens would just roam around here and...
If you make beans from scratch, then you know that they are so much more flavorful and delicious than ones from a can. If you make beans from scratch, then you also know that it can be quite a time...