Sneak Peek – My first gardening book is published – Pre-orders are welcome! December 11, 2018 My first book – Mastering the Art of Vegetable Gardening launches on Jan. 1 with pre-orders started already on Amazon looking good. Thanks to… Continue Reading
Forcing Winter Vegetables December 11, 2018 Forced winter vegetables like this Belgian Endive in my garden may be the next hot food trend home gardeners and chefs haven’t rediscovered yet…. Continue Reading
Pie Wars – Pumpkin or Squash? November 21, 2018 Tomato tomahto? With squash and pumpkin, it’s much worse than that timeless debate. Without even daring to step into the omnipresent ‘Pumpkin Spice’ arena… Continue Reading
Hey Kale, Your Closest Relative is Crunchier, Yummier and Even Healthier. Oh, and Apparently It’s Cool Again – Some Cabbage Love November 13, 2018 As Food and Wine magazine wrote this month – ‘The Cabbage Craze is Officially ‘Real’. I would add “The cabbage craze is real again.”…. Continue Reading
A New Book on Alpine Trough Gardening May, and Should, Change How You Container Garden October 11, 2018 ‘Hypertufa Containers – Creating and Planting an Alpine Trough Garden is a new book by Lori Chips that addresses a very specific gardening method… Continue Reading
Planning Your Fall Veg Garden? Here’s A Niki Jabbour Book Giveaway! September 5, 2018 Niki Jabbour’s newest book Veggie Garden Remix will inspire you to try new varieties and versions of both familiar veggies and even some new… Continue Reading
Overcoming Soapy Cilantro, Woody Fennel and Early-Flowering Parsley August 24, 2018 Parsley varieties, such as these seed-raised varieties (from Johnny’s) outperform any un-named generic variety bought at a nursery or garden center. It’s time to… Continue Reading
The Incredible Primroses of Yunnan and Western China July 31, 2018 Am I an adventure junkie? Not exactly, but I do like travel, different cultures, world travel as well as plants and most of nature… Continue Reading
Lilies, Ladyslippers and Leeches – The Floral Richness of Western China July 13, 2018 Meconopsis racemosa, one of the blue poppies so famous in the Himalaya. Yeah. Leeches… …but, blue poppies! I’m trying really hard to limit my… Continue Reading
Botanizing Yunnan: Western China and the Tibetan Plateau July 8, 2018 I’ve been home a day and a half now from nearly a month in China. Clearly I am recovering from jet lag after more… Continue Reading