Biochar is a miraculous soil amendment that is currently having a moment. We might think it’s a new-fangled product but we’d be wrong. It’s an addition to soil that has been used in cultivation for millennia. A new product from my friends at Organic Mechanics puts the powers of biochar into a potting soil that ...
Listen | Container GardeningLet’s talk groundcovers in the vegetable garden. When we talk about covering the soil in a vegetable garden, we usually talk about laying down a mulch such as straw, buckwheat hulls or even cardboard. But it occurs to me, why not use a groundcover? This is a post where I am mostly brainstorming the idea ...
Listen | Edible GardeningI love cooking with red peppers. They have just so much more flavor than green bell peppers, and they add a touch of color—whether fresh or roasted—that makes a dish like a tabbouleh salad or pizza really stand out. The problem is, I have just never really been able to grow them. You may or ...
Listen | Edible GardeningIn the last “Just Veggies” I discussed one way in which climate change is impacting your garden—and that is by extending the growing season with earlier spring emergence and later dieback in fall. In this edition, I want to talk about how warmer temperatures throughout the growing season can impact your vegetable gardens. What Warming ...
Listen | Edible GardeningClimate change is impacting your garden and your gardening activities in multiple ways. You may have noticed some signs of this already—your cold-weather greens lasting through the winter, for instance, or your garlic sprouting early. The warming climate’s impacts can be and are more insidious than destructive storms and continent-wide drought, and they are appearing ...
Listen | Edible GardeningAsparagus is my favorite opening act in the kitchen’s season-long romp with fresh farmers market ingredients. I rarely buy it out of season, as that means it has flown more miles than I have in the last six months. I love how fleeting it is when sourced locally. It’s only around for a little while, ...
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