How to Plan Your Garden: Crop Rotation

Do you always plant your garden the same way? If so, consider changing things up this year: your garden will thank you.

How to Harvest All Winter

I grab my basket of kale, lettuce, baby spinach, and carrots and step out of my hoop house into a foot of snow. It’s January. Lows have dipped below -10 degrees Fahrenheit. And I am harvesting from my garden.

3 Reasons your Garden Loves Garlic

I love garlic. I love to eat it, I love to grow it, and I love how green it makes my garden in the early spring. It turns out that my garden loves garlic, too.

Garden Snapshot: Winter

A taste of spring: I got my first harvest of the New Year today.

Vole’s Tale

Check out my story about voles, published in August’s edition of Idaho Magazine!

Earwigs Everywhere

The night I felt an earwig crawling across my leg in bed, I knew we had a problem.

Local Hops

A local hops grower shares insights into how to grow these fragrant perennials.

Garden at Solstice

The garden is finally in its summer incarnation.

Brassicas: Superfood in your Garden

Radishes and kale from the garden are spicing up our salads this spring. These ‘Brassicas’ share a plant family with other nutrient-packed veggies, including broccoli, cauliflower, and many more. Their distinct, mustardy taste comes from compounds called glucosinolates, which fight cancer…

Garden Snapshot: May

The garden comes alive in May with harvests of asparagus, greens, carrots, radishes, and peas.

How to Grow Tomatoes

For many gardeners, summer is all about tomatoes. And with several thousand tomato varieties to choose from, you’ll never get bored. Read on to learn how to grow your own tomatoes.

Drip, Sprinkle, Splash: Solutions for a Thirsty Garden

It takes a lot of water to grow food: approximately an inch every week in hot weather. Here’s how to use less water while growing a phenomenal vegetable garden.

Winter Squash: Outgrowing the Weeds

Last year, we ate home-grown winter squash from October until the end of April. Stocking our basement with winter squash each fall is perhaps the simplest way that we keep eating from the garden through the winter.