Doctors and nutritionists are always telling us we need five servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Fortunately the grocery stores are filled with fruits and vegetables. But wouldn’t it be great if you could get fresh vegetables with no chemical herbicides and pesticides all year long? Fresh Veggies All Year It is possible. If…
If you love to have fresh vegetables (like I do), but are stymied by the short growing season we have here in the upper Midwest, it’s time to look at how you can extend your growing season to get more fresh foods from your garden. Let’s start with some definitions: When the weatherman predicts a…
This is the last of a three-part series on ways to protect your garden. Part One covered cloches and row covers. Part Two covered hoop houses. And now we come to cold frames. This is probably my favorite method for protecting the garden. Here’s why: Inexpensive and effective I’ve written about cold frames before. The…
This is Part Two of a three-part series on ways to protect your plants from frost. Protecting your crops allows you to get an earlier start to your garden and harvest tasty crops long after the rest of your neighbors have put their gardens to bed for the winter. Part One covers cloches and row…
This Part One of a three-part series on ways to protect your plants from frost. Protecting your garden plants allows you to get an earlier start to your garden and harvest tasty crops long after the rest of your neighbors have put their gardens to bed for the winter. Let’s start with the easiest and…
A garden is an important part of a good food plan, a plan to ensure that you will always have food regardless of what the market and economy are doing. But vegetable gardens are subject to the whims of nature. Over the years, too much or too little rain, early frosts, grasshopper infestations and an…