Basil Ginger Peach Preserves + Free Printable Labels

Basil + Ginger + Peaches = Yum! Herbs are not just for savory dishes or to pair with veggies. They…

9 Great Cover Crops To Rejuvenate Your Garden

  Cover Crops For excellent soil health in your vegetable garden, incorporating cover crops should be a high priority. One…

8 Steps To Better Soil

Garden productivity starts and ends with the soil. Great soil produces the highest quality, best tasting crops. Poor soil is…

Seasonal Eating | Fresh Local Produce

The Farmers Market We recently began selling some of our garden produce at our local farmers’ market, with the goal of raising…

Preserving Your Harvest: Herb Salt

Preserving Herbs The most popular way to preserve herbs is to dry them. I do my fair share of herb…

How to Get Rid of Squash Pests

Squash Bugs & Squash Vine Borers Growing squash in your home vegetable garden can reward you with heavy yields for…

A Field Guide to Nasturtiums

What’s That Flower Doing In There? The first time I encountered nasturtium was in a gormet salad mix from a…

Carrot and Dill Salad With Nasturtiums

  Fantastic Flavor Duo: Carrot and Dill There are herb combos that are meant to be: mint and chocolate, rosemary…

Why You Should Grow Marigolds

Two Great Options When discussing marigolds, it’s important to differentiate the two genera, both of the aster family, that share the…

How to Freeze Cabbage | Fried Cabbage with Bacon

More Cabbage Than You Can Eat Can you preserve cabbage? Yes. You can can it like most vegetables or make…

The Benefits of Companion Planting

Garden Efficiency About ten years ago we gave up on the long row gardening method, in favor of beds. Most of…

Spring Garden Coleslaw

Spring Garden Harvest It’s pretty much summer in Georgia well before Memorial Day. However, this spring has been on the…