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Winter is not a season that boasts a long list of fresh fruits and vegetables like Summer and Fall. The conditions aren’t right. It’s not...

You probably prefer things in life to be easier, less expensive, and less time consuming.  Maybe you like to work smarter, not harder as well. ...

How would you like to enhance the quality of your meals? How about with better flavors and better nutrition? What about fresh access right outside...

Summer has arrived! We’re always excited for bountiful Summer produce and all the new recipe options we have for what’s in season. Summer produce is...

Your garden is meant to be an oasis of life, but all the best gardeners have been taught through experience that a bountiful harvest doesn’t...

Farmers market season is upon us! Where I live, in Northern Virginia, we’re lucky enough to have a handful of year-round markets, and the options...

Spring is just around the corner and we are looking forward to a new batch of seasonal produce! We recently interviewed Joy Manning on The...

Spring is just around the corner and with that comes spring gardens! Depending where you live, you may still be planning this year’s vegetable patch...

This guest post is authored by Cody Hitchcock. Cody is a horticulturist by profession as well as an urban agriculture enthusiast invested in outreach and...

Here in the northern hemisphere, we are deep in the heart of Winter, but that doesn’t mean there’s a lack of yummy seasonal produce! On...

The snow has come and gone and come again but still may not stick around.  I can’t decide if I welcome its presence or if...

November is often a celebration of the end of harvest. A celebration of the last of the crops being pulled from the ground before the...

October has come and is moving quickly to a close.  It is the month of pumpkins; not pumpkin pie but fresh fierce pumpkins carved into...

There is a comfort in the change of the seasons; there is a moment when you can feel it in your soul. It’s the next...

Suddenly, it is mid-August and I find myself looking back wondering where the time has gone. I feel that summer has a way of doing...

The heat has hit…July is here. We spend days soaking up the sun until it sends us indoors. This is the month that truly feels...

It’s a countdown for me each Spring like a kid counting down to their favorite holiday. Only I am not counting down to a holiday…I...

This, our third spring in Texas, has been the loveliest by far. The weather has been cooler and we have had substantial rain right when...

When I was growing up, planting the garden was a family event. I remember planting the seeds and being so excited when they began to...

Early February. It’s been approximately three months since the last leaves fell off the trees. I am really ready to see green again. Fortunately, this...

I’ve been tilling this bit of earth for more than a decade. Most years, I am ready for a rest and I happily embrace the...

Assuming you were inspired by last week’s post on creating a kitchen garden, you may soon find yourself overrun with fresh fruit and veg in...

This is a difficult post for me. Well, easy to write, but difficult to write briefly. Gardening is close to my heart and my hands...

“Cold dark deep and absolutely clear,” from “At the Fishhouses” by Elizabeth Bishop “[R]emember that it is not you that support the root, but the root...