“You’ve got a mighty fine rhubarb plant, ma’am”. No, that’s not a...
Category - Gardening
Eat All the Vegetables: CSA Adventures
After taking two summers off from gardening, I’m back to discovering how green my thumbs can...
Raising Chickens in the City: Urban Coop 101
Earlier this year, reading Sunset magazine, I found an article on backyard gardening. It was by...
Fastest Growing Veggies: Radishes & Radish Avocado Salsa...
Bright, red radishes were the first official vegetable (basil was disqualified, on grounds of being...
How To Make a Ladder Trellis for Tomato Plants -IKEA Hack
Tomato Ladder or tomato cage? The great debate. I have been obsessing over the idea of making a...
Growing Basil for Homemade Pizza Margherita
After spotting a basil plant at Trader Joes – for the lovable price of $2.99 – homemade...
How To Pick Rhubarb & Rhubarb Turnover Recipe
If strawberries are the rock stars of June produce, then rhubarb is totally the little...
First 3 Weeks of Gardening: We Dig It
I’ve been sharecropping for several weeks now, and although I tried to steer us closer to...
How To: Build a Container Garden
Oh, contain yourself! My garden plan for this year consists of three 4×4′ raised bed...
Am I a Pocket Gardener? (+ IKEA Trellis Find!)
The May issue of Sunset magazine came this weekend! I got some great inspiration from the...
Victory Gardening in Portland
It’s time for another round of Gardening With the Soybean. She’s just returned...
My First Gardening Purchases
Last week, I had a guest post by my favorite gardener and partner in crime, thesoybean. We’ve...