3 Heirloom Pole Beans You Can’t Miss Out On This Year
May 23, 2016Bean season will be here before you know it. Do you know what you’re growing?
3 Cucumbers You’d Never Guess Were Cucumbers
May 9, 2016Looking to spice up your harvest this year? These heirloom cucumbers are anything but boring.
4 Ways to Grow Mushrooms
January 18, 2016Build a mushroom bed suited to your urban farm and the species of mushroom you wish to grow with these guidelines.
7 Crops to Kick Off Your Spring Garden
January 18, 2016Is your green thumb itching to get gardening again? These cold-loving crops will help you get the growing season started.
My 4 Favorite Carrot Varieties
November 23, 2015While carrots take a long time to grow, the flavors and colors you get from heirloom varieties beat what you can find at the store any day.
Gardening By the Moon
May 6, 2015On our herb farm, my husband and I grow using biodynamic principles—something our ancestors have done in one form or other since the start of agriculture.
7 Tomatoes I Grew and Loved This Year
October 2, 2014As I look back on the growing season, I delighted in these tomatoes. Consider adding them to the list for next year’s garden.
Don’t Wait Until Summer for Tasty Beets
May 15, 2014Traditional red beet varieties like Red Ace, Detroit Dark Red, and Kestrel are standard fare in my garden. They’re nice, but my heart belongs to two varieties of heirloom beets: Chioggia and Golden.
5 Carrot Cousins to Grow in Your Garden
August 20, 2013Carrots, celery and parsnips—oh my! Not sure what members of the Apiaceae family to plant first? Try these heirlooms on for size.
Wise Old Heirlooms Teach Us About Feeding the World
July 23, 2013No surprise to small-scale farmers, scientists are now looking to traits in heirloom plant varieties to learn how to improve plant production.
