by Julia Dimakos | Jan 4, 2021 | Flowers, Gardening Tips, Herbs, Seed Starting, Vegetable Gardening
Do you grow basil in your garden? Basil is definitely a must for the garden, and especially if you love tomatoes. When most people think of basil, they tend to think of Italian green basil paired with tomatoes. It’s the main ingredient of pesto and is crucial...
by Julia Dimakos | Dec 28, 2020 | Gardening Tips, Vegetable Gardening, Video
It’s been years since I’ve purchased green onions. Green onions are technically onions plants, grown from seed in their first year. Planted in the early spring, the base of the onion swells and develops into an onion bulb. Since onions are biennials,...
by Julia Dimakos | Nov 30, 2020 | Vegetables, Gardening Tips, Vegetable Gardening
*This post is a follow-up to the previous post “What is a Ground Cherry?” Have you grown ground cherries in your garden? Ground cherries are beautiful golden balls of sweetness, that grow in papery husks and may be used in desserts or enjoyed as fresh...
by Julia Dimakos | Nov 18, 2020 | Vegetable Gardening, Gardening Tips, Vegetables
If you’ve never grown nor tasted parsnips, you don’t know what you’re missing! Although parsnips look like white carrots, they are not the same. Parsnips are traditionally synonymous with Thanksgiving dinners, Christmas and many comforting fall...
by Julia Dimakos | Nov 15, 2020 | Vegetable Gardening, Gardening Tips, Vegetables
When people typically think of fall in a zone 5 garden, they usually think of the end of the gardening season. The time when we pull out plants and put the garden to bed. However, the fall season need not be the end of the garden. Sure, summer veggies like tomatoes...
by Julia Dimakos | Nov 8, 2020 | Seed Starting, Vegetable Gardening
So much confusion exists with this delicious fruit, that I had trouble identifying the correct species of each fruit within the genus. Some sources said it was one species, while another stated it was a different one. I truly had to do my research before writing this...