5 Productive Garden Vegetables Every Homestead Should Grow
August 23, 2023Gardening can be both costly and time-consuming, so plant these 5 productive vegetables to ensure you get back a bountiful return on investment!
These Garden Veggies Are Root Cellar Rock Stars
November 16, 2022The root cellar is an ancient and effective method for storing garden produce, so stick these commonly grown vegetables in the root cellar to enjoy after harvest.
Book Review: Growing Beans Makes The Case For Beans
June 24, 2022Susan Young’s “Growing Beans” explores the reasons to grow and eat more beans, and provides a comprehensive guide for doing so.
How I Harvested More Beans Than Ever Before
September 24, 2015My garden this year produced the largest bean harvest to date, and here are a few reasons why.
Grow This: Dragon’s Tongue Bean
May 18, 2015Tired of the same old “green” beans. Liven up your garden and your plate with this colorful cultivar.
How to Build a Natural Bean Trellis
April 13, 2015Give aggressive runner beans somewhere to grow by building a tepee-style trellis from things found around your farm.
4 Foods that Boost Soil Nitrogen
December 8, 2014Plants in the legume family have the ability to fix nitrogen in your farm’s soil, but these four crops will feed you, too.
Chickpea and Escarole Soup
December 3, 2014There are so many variations on beans and greens. While I love the stew-like Italian pasta e fagioli and Portuguese caldo verde, I’m especially fond of this sparse, nourishing version. Yes, you can add a small ham hock, slices of good sausage, little meatballs, a minced hot pepper, some barley or small pasta, but the simplest […]
7 Diseases that Could Be Killing Your Beans
January 31, 2014Down on your legume luck? Identify what could be plaguing your crop and take steps right away to remedy the situation.
Winter Slaw
January 2, 2014Photo by Judith Hausman Top some tacos with this winter slaw. We had black bean and corn tacos for dinner last night: perfect warming food for a frigid snowy night. The local corn in them (I had frozen wisely) reminded us that summer would eventually return. Still, even wintery dinners need the refreshment and […]
