Porcini mushrooms are fairly easy to cultivate and harvest.
We got our first hard frost late last week so I've been busy pulling out the spent tomato and pepper plants and tossing them onto the compost pile.
I'll be busy cleaning up the garden soon enough, but in the meantime, my family and I have been enjoying the last few ripe tomatoes and peppers.
My pineapple sage didn't bloom this year, so I'm going to overwinter it inside in hopes of an earlier start next year.
Husk tomatoes are basically a wild species -- and they're easy to grow.
Last spring, I planted a handful of different types of milkweed in my garden. They hosted several monarch caterpillars this year, though I was never able to find any of the chrysalises.
Yesterday, Uzzi and I were lounging, chewing cud, when Uzzi said, "What’s that?” There was a long-legged, spider-like thing crawling along his back.
Learn how to inoculate a shiitake mushroom log, and grow shiitake mushrooms for production.
Grow oyster mushrooms inside your home—no log required.
I spent yesterday morning digging potatoes. There's probably no more rewarding garden task this time of year.
Watch out for these top diseases and pests that threaten your garlic crop and could keep you from growing this culinary favorite for years to come.
