Designing the kitchen garden takes strategy, time and vision. In my new weekly design class, I share give you tools to take home to your edible landscape. Whether it is a new garden or renovating an established garden, in this class you’ll learn savvy techniques to establish good bones of a design. Participants also learn […]
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Rainbow Beet Spoonbread
Spinach and Cheddar Custard Recipe
Heirlooms that offer two-in-one crops.
Salsify, Scorzonera, Celeriac and Daikon the benefits go both ways. Root crops offer more. Read about it in Organic Gardening Magazine. The open air farmers markets in Germany make the most of fresh winter vegetables, seasonal flowers and herbs, along with farm cheese and fruits, plus traditional hand crafts. Set inside a backdrop of historic cathedrals in village squares with cobblestone streets, it is is an experience that reawakens all of the senses. It’s mid summer, and time to kick back and enjoy the garden. But the truth is that I am still hunched over filling weed buckets, clipping spent blossoms and flicking Japanese beetles into jars of soapy water (making beetle juice?). And I discovered a half price sale at my favorite garden center, and decided to […] There is no doubt that the best part of writing a book is the tour that follows. Last week, I was a speaker at the Philadelphia Flower Show and tomorrow the Boston Flower Show. Since my talk is in the late afternoon, I have all day to stroll the floral exhibits. It is truly remarkable […]
German Farmers Markets
Garden Smart: a mid-summer plan
Grow Food not Flowers.
The Complete Kitchen Garden: An Inspired Collection of Garden Designs and 100 Seasonal Recipes
