Great Faith in a Seed

March 31st marked the end of the 2012 Dark Days Challenge. March was a tricky month for local eating, due to travel plans, work demands, and...

This post is all about beans... hopefully, it will be more interesting or useful than a hill of beans. The Fabaceae is the bean family, whi...

It's Week 12 of the Dark Days Challenge and Leap Day 2012 is rapidly approaching. Wow - January and February have simply flown by! As ...

Adam made his decision this weekend - no maple sugaring this year. I'm a little disappointed, but at the same time, this has been a yea...

I sat down one night last week and started sketching out my garden plans for the spring. But first, I needed to sketch out what I grew in...

I've been watching the crabapples hang on the tree in the backyard all winter. Crabapples are supposed to have wildlife value, but I...

February is fast-approaching, which means I've been thinking about onions. Onions can be transplanted as soon as the ground can be w...

Now that the snow has finally arrived, I am in no rush to get back into the garden. Before it snowed, I felt like I should be doing some sor...

This week, I bring you two tales of good intentions and not-so-good outcomes. Kitty happy meal? I. I bought a pile of butternut squa...

Gardens help us cultivate the idea of "Waste not, Want not" - We can save seeds from one year to the next. We can use mulch to ...

Oh, what a difference a year makes! This time last year, you would have found me perusing my Fedco seed catalog with a big mug of tea, as ...

Happy Holidays! Charlie Brown trees look better in the dark. We are celebrating two overlapping holidays this year - the eight days...

Spinach is a Holy Grail vegetable for me. I plant it several times a year (spring and fall) in a specially prepared bed, water it thoroughly...

I grew potatoes for the first time this year. They may be my new favorite crop - they are so easy to grow and need very little maintenance d...

I had no idea until this year that you could grow sweet potatoes in New England. Sweet potatoes are a tropical root vegetable - not a cold-h...

I'm trying some new things this winter. 1) I planted basil, arugula, lettuce and spinach indoors to see if I can grow my own micro-m...