-
Recent Posts
Blogroll
Favorite Vendors
Local Farms
Categories
- #Food(Growing)Porn
- #LettucePorn
- #NoFilters
- Acorn Squash
- AeroGarden
- Amana Tomato
- Anson Mills
- Aphids
- Apples
- Arugula
- Asparagus
- Backyard Gardening
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
- Balsam
- Barnraiser.us
- Basil
- Beekeeping
- Bees
- Bell Peppers
- Black Eyed Peas
- Blackberries
- Blackberry
- Blackeye Peas
- Blogs
- Blueberries
- Bok Choy
- Books
- Bread
- Breville
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Candy Tufts
- Canning
- Carrots
- Celery
- Cheese Making
- Chef John
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Chicago Farm
- Chiles
- Chili Peppers
- Chives
- Cilantro
- City Chickens
- City Farm
- Collards
- Commercial Farming
- Common Chickweed
- Community Supported Agriculture
- Companion Planting
- Compost
- Conservation
- Container Gardening
- Corn
- Creamed Corn
- Crock Pot
- Crowdfunding
- Crushed Eggshells
- CSA
- Cucumber
- Daikon Radishes
- Dal Fry
- Dan Barber
- Dibber
- Documentaries
- Drying
- Edamame
- Elm Oyster Mushrooms
- Endangered
- Farmer Facts
- Farmers' Market
- Farms
- Fig Jam
- Figs
- Fishing
- Flint Corn
- Flowers
- Food Porn
- Food Preparation
- Food Preservation
- Foraging
- French Breakfast Radishes
- French Tarragon
- Front Yard Gardening
- Fungi
- Garden Humor
- Garden Log
- Garden Toy
- Garlic
- Gifts
- Ginger
- Glass Gem Corn
- Green Onions
- Hardiness Zone
- Hartman's Yellow Gooseberry Tomato
- Heirloom Varieties
- Herbs
- Historic Cooking
- Historic Recipes
- Home Economics
- Hot Water Bath
- Humor
- Hydroponics
- Indoor growing
- Inventions
- Jack Algiere
- Jas. Towsend and Son
- Jersey Knight Asparagus
- Juice
- Kaizen
- Kale
- Kitchen Implements
- Knife Skills
- Ladybugs
- Leasehold Farming
- Leek
- Lentils
- Lettuce
- Local Farms
- Local Food
- Lollo De Vino Lettuce
- Meal Planning
- Micro Farming
- Microgreens
- Morel Mushrooms
- Mortgage Lifter Tomato
- Mozzarella
- Mulch
- Mushrooms
- Mustard
- Natural Fermentation
- NC 10% Campaign
- Non-GMO
- Onion
- Oregano
- Organic
- Paella
- Parsley
- Parsnips
- Pasta
- Pasta Maker
- Paste Tomato
- Peaches
- Peppers
- Permaculture
- Pests
- Pine Needles
- Plant Families
- Plant Genera
- Plant Markers
- Potato
- Potato Leek Soup
- Pressure Cooker
- Pro Tip
- Profitable Farming
- Protein Farmers
- Purple Passion Asparagus
- Quotes
- Radishes
- Raised Bed Gardening
- Ramen
- REALTOR Magazine
- Recipe
- Red Cabbage
- Red Peppers
- Red Romaine Lettuce
- Regrowing
- Resources
- Roma Tomato
- Rosemary
- Row Covers
- Sage
- Salsa
- Saving Seed
- Scallions
- Scoville Scale
- Seafood
- Seasonal Eating
- Seasonality Chart
- Seed Catalog
- Septoria Leaf Spot
- Serrano Peppers
- Shiitake
- Shiitake Mushrooms
- Shrimp
- Slicing Tomatoes
- Slow Food
- Snow Peas
- Soups
- Spaghetti Squash
- Spice
- Spinach
- Square Foot Gardening
- Squash
- Starting Seeds
- Stone Barnes Center for Food & Agriculture
- Strawberries
- Strawberry Popcorn
- Sugar Ann Snap Peas
- Sugar Snap Peas
- Sunflowers
- Sustainable
- Technology
- The Third Plate
- Thinning
- Thrift
- Thyme
- Tom Thumb Lettuce
- Tomatoes
- Top Bar Hive
- Trench Composting
- Ulu Knife
- Urban Farm Business
- Urban Farm Magazine
- Urban Farming
- Urban Renewal
- Vegetable Scraps
- Victory Garden
- Vinegared Cucumbers
- War Garden
- Wendell Berry
- Whisk
- Wild Edibles
- Wild Rice
- Yellow Woodsorrel
- Young Farmers
- Zucchini
- Zucchino Tondo Chiaro Di Nizza
Archives
- April 2022
- April 2020
- April 2019
- May 2018
- April 2018
- December 2017
- September 2017
- June 2017
- April 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- April 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
Recent Comments
- Darryl Davis on Farming the Burbs
- NearlyHomeGrown.com on Just Add Water
- Joe moshe on Just Add Water
- NearlyHomeGrown.com on Asparagus Lives Here
- NearlyHomeGrown.com on Asparagus Lives Here
Monthly Archives: March 2016
Avant Garden
The single, yellowed leaf I found on one of my paste tomatoes at the end of February was actually the opening shot of a fungal tug-of-war that will likely continue for the whole of 2016’s growing season. The Septoria Leaf … Continue reading
Every Family Has One…
…that one, oddball character who just doesn’t quite fit in.
Posted in Plant Families, Plant Genera, Resources
Leave a comment
Farmin’ the Front
For years I have been sporting an agricultural mullet – suburban-nice in the front and a garden-party in the back, but no more. Yesterday I ripped out the low growing juniper bush that was taking up half of the space … Continue reading
Flavor Bases From Around The World In Less Than 2 Minutes!
Posted in Carrots, Celery, Food Preparation, Garlic, Ginger, Green Onions, Onion, Peppers, Pro Tip, Recipe, Red Peppers, Resources, Scallions, Tomatoes
Leave a comment
Making Lemonade
Unless I take the time to carefully pluck them out, one by one, before taking a garden pic, you have probably noticed the indecent number of pine needles lurking in the background of EVERY PHOTO I TAKE! Once upon a … Continue reading
Paradigm Shift
I sometimes forget the prevailing notions people have related to growing food. The most common mental images seem to center around long hours of back breaking labor spent tilling, planting, hoeing and weeding. I am quickly reminded of the current … Continue reading
Springing Ahead
After a week of travel, timezone jet lag and leaping ahead an hour, I returned home to find my spring garden well underway. The blueberries and strawberries are already in bloom and hoping the 33 degree overnight currently forecast for … Continue reading
Batting 500
I have two spring perennials that required a 2 year latency before the first harvest: Last night I harvested my first two spears of asparagus, one each of Jersey Knight and Purple Passion. But my morel boxes… only contain mulch … Continue reading
Then There Was One
This morning I did my final pass thinning the tomatoes, peppers, collards, cabbage and kale down to a single plant in each starter cup and then I crossed my fingers that no fungi or pests find my singletons between now … Continue reading
Posted in Cabbage, Cherry Tomatoes, Collards, Indoor growing, Kale, Leek, Lettuce, Organic, Peppers, Slicing Tomatoes, Spinach, Sustainable, Thinning, Tomatoes, Urban Farming
Leave a comment
Favorite Quotes
I have amassed a little collection of gardening quotes over the years and love to place them strategically around my house for inspiration, contemplation or humor. Here are a few of my favorites: There can be no other occupation like … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes
2 Comments