Whether planning your first, second or tenth vegetable garden it can be overwhelming. There are so many tasty vegetables and never enough space and time to grow them all. Start with a plan. Locate your garden in a sunny location with moist, well-drained soil. Save those partially sunny ...
“All we do is eat, nap and play,” the young gentleman said to my nutrition intern. I almost burst out laughing at the 5-year-old’s comment. That sounds like a nice time to me. My intern was trying to move him along to the next activity. He was slowly sipping the smoothie he helped ...
Maybe you haven’t bought that green deluxe Viking stove yet, but why not start enjoying the many beautiful shades of green found in cabbage! I have always loved cabbage, especially cooked. Now Jan and Lydia do favor the delightful crunch of cabbage when eaten raw. After all, who doesn’t ...
“I have had the worst headache!” my friend said. “I was so tired, too,” she continued. You can guess where my brain went. I began calculating the amount of time we had been in contact and how close we had been sitting to each other. “Can you smell and taste?” I ...
Do you want to grow giant onions? Now is the time to start making plans. Here’s the secret: Giant plants make onion bulbs. Your onion plants need to be big when they begin to form their bulbs. Bulb formation begins in late April to early May in North Dakota. We want our onion plants to ...
If you’ve been to a farmers’ market lately, then the reality of seasonal cooking in the middle of winter has plainly revealed itself to you. Tis the season for root vegetables, and not a whole lot else. But there is beauty to cooking with the season, not just because it feels in sync ...
