Photo by Audrey Pavia This is one of the yards filled with critters I saw on my ride the other day. When I ride Milagro around my town of Norco, Calif., I almost always take the same route. We climb from the flatter, older part of town, where we live, to the higher elevations. It’s […]
Courtesy of Western Growers Foundation Preschoolers gaze upon a freshly picked strawberry, right from their garden. When teachers recite the nursery rhyme, “Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?” preschool children in California and Arizona will have the answer. In January, 100 preschools and daycare centers in California were awarded $1,000 from Western […]
Photo by Rick Gush This type of chicory, Tardivo raddichio, can be “forced” for a slightly different flavor. Today’s subject is the red chicory known as radicchio. It is also sometimes known as Italian chicory. Belgium, France, Holland and Germany are major players in the chicory-forcing world (forcing is removing mature roots to a warm, […]
If you think growing tomatoes and managing your herd is tough, take a look at these hurdles faced by farmers across the U.S.
Gardening is a bit of a challenge these days. I've been instructed to wear an enormous and uncomfortable boot cast on my left leg for the next three weeks.
Spring ushers in the return of the bluebirds, tulips and, increasingly, members of community-supported-agriculture farms.Here are four ways to make the most of your CSA membership.
Photo by Judith Hausman Any flaked cereal will work in this cereal pancakes recipe. Today is National Cereal Day, which commemorates the anniversary of the invention of corn flakes by William and John Kellogg in the late 19th century. Since research continues to show how important breakfast is for overall nutrition and cognition and the […]
When my wife, Wendy, gave me a one-day welding class as a gift for my last birthday, I had no idea how much fun it would be nor how hard it would be.
Though difficult to grow and unsightly in appearance, celeriac tastes delicious and pairs nicely with potatoes.
I was elated when I opened the mailbox the other day to find the spring catalog for High Country Gardens, a company in Santa Fe, N.M., that specializes in "Beautiful Plants for the Waterwise Garden."
Who doesn’t like a glass of orange juice, especially during these winter-month mornings when our bodies crave vitamin C? You probably have an image natural, fresh-squeezed juice from an Eden-like garden in Florida, but the reality couldn’t be further from the truth.
