Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme may be the standard herbs we pull from our garden when cooking, but they are by no means the only options. Edible herbs, vegetables, and flowers can add color, flavor, fun, and surprise to your dishes. Here...
For all you “foodies” out there, are you aware that there are numerous blooms that are not only beautiful but also delicious? Flowers make a striking, colorful, textural and flavorful addition to salads, baked goods, cocktails, and more.
Favorite Edible Flowers
There are surprising blooms that can be tasty accents to your favorite dishes. For the best flavor and freshness, harvest blooms at their peak early in the day. Younger and older blooms or blooms of different sizes often have subtly different flavors,
We are happy to be receiving more rain these days. But along with rain, and those humid systems blowing in from the south, we are seeing more plant damage from slugs. It is also the season for leaf miners (those bugs which will skelontonize...
It is important to give your blueberry shrub care so that it remains healthy and to ensure a productive harvest. If you have planted blueberries in the last couple years, it is worthwhile to check the soil ph around your plants. They need an...
better ripening, Blueberries, blueberries are shallow rooted, blueberries like acidic soil, blueberry care, check soil ph around plants, cross pollinating, deep root systems, early flowering, early mid and late blueberries, enhanced flavor, give plant as much free undisturbed soil as possible, give shrubs a big drink, Holly Tone, keep weed away from blueberry roots, late flowering, mid flowering, Pro-Holly, water deeply regularly during growing season, when their pollen is available to pollinators
Everyone we talk to has commented on the temperature fluctuations of this winter. Damage will happen as we get closer to trees budding up and leafing out. Temperatures swinging from 60’s and 70’s for prolonged periods then dipping into the 20’s are the most dangerous....