Herbarium: The Quest to Preserve and Classify the World’s Plants by Barbara M. Thiers is a great book on the history of herbaria with color plates mixed in the pages. It was fascinating to read how old explorations for commerce and nature expeditions resulted in …
Medicinal Herbs for Family Health and Wellness: 123 Trusted Recipes for Common Concerns, From Allergies & Asthma to Sunburns & Toothaches by JJ Pursell is a great reference for keeping the family healthy using herbal medicine. The same author wrote Medicinal Herbs for Immune Defense. …
Info from Trade Winds Fruit seed packet from 2013: Plant seeds 1/2 to 1 inch deep. Keep soil moist and soil temp above 70 degrees F. Seeds make take several weeks to germinate. Coffee grows into a shrub that can be kept indoors and will …
Fahrenheit Blues is a specialty cherry tomato. It has a deep blue skin color and red flesh. The hotter and more intense the sun the better the color. Fahrenheit Blues is an open pollinated cross developed by Tom Wagner. This tomato is an indeterminate variety. …
Black Krim tomato is an heirloom, beefsteak variety. It has a deep maroon to blackish to dark red color with a green at the top and shoulder. The plant grows large as do the tomatoes. The tomato is an indeterminate variety. GROWING BLACK KRIM TOMATOES …
Dragon’s tongue bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, is a bush wax bean that produces up to 8 inch pods with a pretty purple and green splotched pod. These beans also known as Merveille de Piemonte. The bean pods are a creamy yellow color when young and turn …
Cherries are incredibly sweet, juicy, and high in Vitamin C. There are many different cherry varieties to choose from and they are a great stone fruit for cooking and for eating straight from the tree. Once harvested, cherries are pretty easy to preserve by freezing …
Have you ever wondered how the tomato ended up being classified as a vegetable over a fruit? An interesting article from the Washington Post brought up the Supreme Court case, Nix v. Hedden. The case involved unpaid duties on imported tomatoes from the West Indies. The importer …
Blurb: There’s a growing demand for dependably hardy plants that require less maintenance and less water, but look no less beautiful in the garden. Plant Select—the leading purveyor of plants designed to thrive in difficult climates—meets this need by promoting plants that allow gardeners everywhere …
A simple herb and lettuce salad recipe with fresh herbs, and a vinaigrette with white wine vinegar. Use whatever herbs you have fresh in the garden, in whatever mix you desire: parsley, chervil, cilantro, mint, dill, or basil are all great choices.
What is Swale? It’s part public art project and part floating food barge with an edible garden and forest on a tenth of an acre that produces food for free. It has the ability to dock to different parts of the city supplying different residents …