Article sourced from Modern Farmer Whether drying, canning, freezing or fermenting, follow these pointers to transform fresh garden produce into an off-season larder. ‘Tis the season of abundance. The only downside is...
Article Sourced from Modern Farmer From one species—Brassica oleracea—we get a truly astounding variety of vegetables. Napa cabbage, bok choy, romanesco broccoli, Brussels sprouts: those are all the same species, just...
Article sourced from Modern Farmer Otfried Rutsch, a third-generation asparagus farmer in the Rheinhessen region of Germany has a straightforward philosophy: “Lebensmittel sind mittel zum leben” or “Food is the means...
Article sourced from Modern Farmer Gardeners like perennial flowers because you do the work to get them established once and they bloom again and again. There are numerous perennial vegetable perennial...
Article sourced from Modern Farmer Most of the fruits and vegetables you eat are safe after a quick wash, but there’s a lot of confusion about produce safety. We did our...
Article sourced from Modern Farmer (Okay, veggies do play a central role in the Thanksgiving spread, though they’re usually drenched in toppings like marshmallows and butter.) The CDC regularly publishes data on...
Winter is coming. But don't go putting your gardening gloves away just yet. Gardening is often treated as a seasonal sport, but it’s possible to play in winter, too – you...
You’ve undoubtedly tasted melons that were a bit, meh. And perhaps others that were sweet enough to qualify as a religious experience. Homegrown melons have...
It’s not hard to grow a bit of basil or rosemary for when you need a pinch or two in your pasta sauce, but spices—the stuff that gives a real...
A select number of “cool-weather crops,” mainly greens and root vegetables, thrive when planted in mid to late summer. That may sound counterintuitive, but the idea is to get them...