Garden Lifestyle
See posts related to the art of living from the garden including recipes, ideas for projects, tips for growing food, and more!
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Garden Lifestyle
Tips for Keeping a Waste Free Kitchen
This holiday season is the ideal time to rethink your approach to cooking and eating. It’s easy to get started with "Waste Free Kitchen Handbook" by Dana Gunders.
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Garden Lifestyle
Mauro Seed’s Growing Mission
Mauro Seed is a family-owned business with a single mission at its core: Giving. For every heirloom seed packet the company sells, one packet is donated to someone in need.…
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Garden Lifestyle
Have you planted your garlic yet?
It's that time of year again... as the leaves begin to fall, it is time to think about getting your garlic bed ready to plant. It is so worthwhile to…
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Garden Lifestyle
The Burren Perfumery Garden
Here's one last garden for you to see from my recent trip to Ireland, the Burren Perfumery. It is a unique and lovely place to visit with its shop full…
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Garden Lifestyle
How to Start a Food Swap
Do you have a hankering to put more homemade edibles on your pantry shelf while building community at the same time? Then it’s time to learn how to start a…
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Garden Lifestyle
Quinoa
Quinoa is another food indigenous to South America domesticated as a food crop 3,000 to 4,000 years ago. We are seeing more and more recipes using this crunchy, nutritive grain.…
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Garden Lifestyle
Herb Harvest Fall Festival featuring Plants of South America
Last weekend, we celebrated the 27th annual Herb Harvest Fall Festival featuring the foods of South America at the Ozark Folk Center. Learn about some of the foods indigenous to…
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Garden Lifestyle
September Garden Harvest
Well the late September garden is full of chiles as well as herbs to harvest and preserve... that's what I've been doing the past few days. And the annual flowers…
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Garden Lifestyle
Last Day of Summer
Today is the last day of summer and tomorrow heralds the autumnal equinox. The summer garden is definitely looking like fall is in the air. See what my zone 7…
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Garden Lifestyle
DeBaggio Herb Farm and Nursery
Last, though not least, I want to write about the last herb farm that we visited on our IHA field trip, DeBaggio Herb Farm and Nursery. Although they are closed…