by Julia Dimakos | Oct 26, 2022 | Vegetable Gardening, DIY, Gardening Tips, Seed Starting, Vegetables
Do you grow your own garlic? Garlic (Allium sativum) is one of the simplest vegetables to grow and the best part is, you can plant your crop in the fall and literally forget about it until spring. However, many people don’t grow garlic or think to add it to...
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 | Jul 14, 2020 | Gardening Tips, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables
There’s nothing easier and more fun than growing your own salad mix! Grow salads outside your back door, in a planter, raised bed, pot or directly in the ground. Whichever way you grow them, harvest as you need thereby allowing for a continuous supply of fresh...
by Julia Dimakos | Mar 26, 2020 | Recipes, Seed Starting, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables
Ever since I was little, I have loved strawberries. I remember going strawberry picking as a child, filling up on berries right in the field and getting what I called a “strawberry-ache” from the sore tummy I always had afterwards. Those were fond memories...
