Category Archives: Pro Tip

Laissez-faire Farming

Posted on April 17, 2017 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

The threat of winter weather pushed right up to the last frost date for my area this year.  Add in my hectic schedule the past few weeks and the result is a late start on my spring garden, and some … Continue reading →

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Getting Wired in the Garden

Posted on September 5, 2016 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

Early this spring I had high hopes when I reworked my square foot grids with outdoor nylon rope.  It lasted only 2 seasons. The needles and leaves are a results of Hurricane Hermine’s winds coming through earlier this weekend, but … Continue reading →

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Roma Wasn’t Built In a Day

Posted on July 9, 2016 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

Roma math: A decent batch of homemade tomato sauce with enough to freeze or can for future use requires a minimum of 15-20 lbs of roma tomatoes. The average day on the urban farm (with 16 roma tomato plants in … Continue reading →

Posted in Backyard Gardening, Food Preparation, Food Preservation, Paste Tomato, Pro Tip, Raised Bed Gardening, Resources, Roma Tomato, Square Foot Gardening, Sustainable, Tomatoes, Urban Farming | Leave a comment

Getting More From Morels

Posted on May 15, 2016 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

In mid-April I had to concede defeat in my attempt to grow morel mushrooms and turned my attention to procuring dried morels instead.  After a lot of price shopping I decided to try LifeGourmetShop.com and while I waited for my … Continue reading →

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Avant Garden

Posted on March 29, 2016 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

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 →

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Flavor Bases From Around The World In Less Than 2 Minutes!

Posted on March 20, 2016 by NearlyHomeGrown.com
Posted in Carrots, Celery, Food Preparation, Garlic, Ginger, Green Onions, Onion, Peppers, Pro Tip, Recipe, Red Peppers, Resources, Scallions, Tomatoes | Leave a comment

Don’t Blink

Posted on February 27, 2016 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

During the past week of business travel my indoor plant starts have grown with the vigor of youth into a verdant and slightly unruly bunch of tweens. The tomatoes from my saved seed are particularly in need of thinning.  I … Continue reading →

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Tender Beginnings

Posted on February 15, 2016 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

While winter is having it’s (hopefully) last hurrah outside, I am prepping my indoor garden to be without me for a week while I travel for work. After trying first newspaper pots then peat pots for last year’s starts and … Continue reading →

Posted in Amana Tomato, Collards, Heirloom Varieties, Indoor growing, Organic, Paste Tomato, Pro Tip, Saving Seed, Starting Seeds, Sustainable, Thrift, Tomatoes | Leave a comment

Store Bought Reboot – Regrowing Veggies

Posted on November 27, 2015 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

Here at NearlyHomeGrown, food scraps usually end up being frozen for future vegetable and/or chicken stocks or composted to feed the next generation of growing food.  But I have been interested in the regrowing veggies craze and finally had the … Continue reading →

Posted in Backyard Gardening, Green Onions, Indoor growing, Pro Tip, Raised Bed Gardening, Regrowing, Resources, Scallions, Square Foot Gardening, Sustainable, Thrift, Urban Farming, Vegetable Scraps | 1 Comment

Vinegared Cucumbers

Posted on August 2, 2015 by NearlyHomeGrown.com

As my Marketmore and Chinese Yellow cucumbers swing into full production I have been looking for a recipe that I recall from childhood.  I have heard them called refrigerator pickles, cucumber salad, marinated cucumbers and vinegared cucumbers, though there are … Continue reading →

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