Tips & Tricks

Maintaining a compost pile in cold winter climates can be challenging! With a little extra care and attention, you can keep your compost pile healthy and active even when temps dip below freezing. This article will explain the top five things you should do to maintain – and even grow – your compost

You do not need to remove tomato skins for this recipe! Just toss your garden fresh picks, roast, serve warm over pasta or fish or puree for a rich, delicious sauce you ll love for every dish. Freezes well! Ingredients: Tomatoes, cherry or romas (cut into same size chunks as cherry tomatoes). Leave

Hot peppers are the perfect deck and balcony plant! As long as you have a sunny spot, they love the conditions in containers and will put out great yields right at your back door. By moving your peppers to pots, you’ll free up space in the garden and you can extend your season by bringing Continue r

Ingredients: 3 to 4 lbs beef roast with bone 2 quarts tomato juice (V8 is best) 2 quarts, stewed, chopped tomatoes Water 1 bunch celery stalk, chopped (leave sections with leaves long so they can be removed later) 2 large onions, chopped 5 large carrots, peeled and cubed 5 to 7 potatoes, peeled and

This one simple gardening step guarantees healthy, hardy plants that will thrive all summer long. So what exactly does hardening off mean and how do you do it properly? Whether you’ve grown plants from seed, bought a flat at your local nursery, or plan to move your indoor plants outside for the summ

Growing plants from seed requires the right equipment, adequate space, and patience. One thing most gardeners will tell you is you must follow established seed-starting regimens. A minor misstep during the process can devastate the entire growing crop and you will then be behind the planting season

For gardeners spring fever usually comes a little early . . . right around the time the seed catalogs show up! Don’t we all page through and create that perfect garden in our heads? Overflowing, of course, with bountiful produce. Here are a few tips to help you make your garden dreams a reality. Tip

This delicious sauce recipe is similar to traditional Chimichurri sauce and is scrumptious over grilled chicken, tossed with pasta, mixed with mayo for a yummy salad dressing, or spread on crusty bread. Freezes up really well just scoop into ice cube trays and freeze for handy small serving sizes al

For many of us, autumn gardening means packing up and battening down for winter. But there is still lots to do and time to enjoy our backyards. These five garden tasks will help your garden right now and give you a healthy head start for Spring. Five Fall Garden Tasks Leave as much plant debris Cont