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How to Make Homegrown Sun-dried Tomato, Feta, & Caramelized Onion Tart w/Arugula
Photo Caption: I originally made up this recipe for a contest amongst friends where we all bring pies. It is vibrantly flavored with wonderful winter ingredients. My friends and I pull out all the...
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How to Grow Citrus in Pots
Appalachian residents don’t usually think of citrus as a local food but if you have a sunny window or greenhouse to overwinter your plants, you can grow citrus indoors. Photo Caption: Beautiful and...
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How to Join a Community Garden
This blog often focuses on eating local. However, if you aren’t comfortable gardening on your own or your yard is shady (or nonexistent) you can still grow your own food successfully. You just need to...
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How to (Easily) Grow Celery at Home (w/Recipes)
It’s not just tasty and easy — it’s pretty! For those of you who like to dress up your flower beds with some well-placed ornamental edibles (or who want show-stopping potagers) this is an...
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How to Grow Peas as Quick Harvest Greens (and Use Up Old Seed Packets)
I am a seed hoarder. I still have packets from 2000 in my seed box because they might germinate whenever I get around to planting them. I don’t like to take risks with my vegetables though, so I make...
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How to Make Living Flower Pots (Ornamental Edible Gardening)
We took my daughter to the Riverbanks Zoo & Botanical Garden in Columbia, SC last week. By that, I mean we spent 90% of our time at the zoo before running around the Botanical Garden for the last...
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How to Build an Inexpensive Cold Frame in Under 30 Minutes With No Tools
For over ten years I have grown my own garden transplants by carrying the seed trays out into the sun on warm days and bringing them in every evening. In the last 3 years, I was juggling over 20 trays...
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How to Grow Sweet Salad Turnips (with Recipes)
If you’ve never eaten a salad turnip, and you probably haven’t, it’s unlikely you think they sound very exciting. Back when the Organic Growers School was Saturday only, they did an experimental Sunday...
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How to Manage a Winter Garden
The best thing about winter salads is how easy it is to obtain a harvest. Cold months mean chores don’t have to be done in the heat, plus the pests and diseases are mostly dormant. You can’t beat the...
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How to Attend Hands-On Classes in Gardens, Kitchens, Forests, and Even a Late...
It’s here. The garden classes are in gardens, the cooking classes are in kitchens, the nature study is in forests, the raspberries taste like raspberries, and the snozzberries taste like snozzberries!...
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