When buying evergreens to use for decorating, make sure they look bright green and that there's not a lot of needle loss when you pick up the branch. It's best if you can cut the branches yourself, though many garden centers offer fresh greens that will look great for several weeks.
Although it’s gross, an occasional slug or garden spider clinging to your produce won’t kill you, but even if you are practicing organic gardening and maintain proper sanitation of the home garden, bacteria, fungi and other microbes may adhere to your freshly picked produce. Fresh veggies and fruit from non-organic gardens may have trace amounts of chemicals such as pesticides. All of these have the potential for making you and your family very sick, so clean
Onions, along with leeks, garlic, and chives, belong to the genus Allium. They come in various colors ranging from white to yellow to red, with a flavor range from mildly sweet to strongly pungent. Onion bulbs develop in direct relationship to hours of daylight and are divided into two groups. Short-day cultivars produce the best bulbs when days are short and nights are long. Long-day cultivars produce during long days of sunlight when the nights are short. Long-day vari
Here in the Pacific Northwest we had an unseasonal extra hot summer. Global warming strikes again. In our garden, however, we reaped the benefits. Peppers and tomatoes, which are generally lukewarm producers, went absolutely bonkers with all the sunshine. This resulted in bumper crops, far too many to eat or give away. So what do you do with extra produce? You freeze it, of course. Keep on reading to find out how to freeze garden tomatoes. How to Freeze Garden Tomatoes I
Carrots are a staple in my diet – roasted, pureed, in soups or stews – they’re the perfect companion to the humble potato. So every year I make sure to sow lots of carrots so I can enjoy them all year round. The best part about these fantastic root crops? They have a very long storage life! That is, if you follow a few steps right after harvest. Carrots can be stored for as long as 6 months in a root cellar or a space where temperatures are kept between 32° – 39