The summer starts with putting in: putting in the garden, putting in the time and energy to ensure it produces well. And now it’s time start thinking of putting by. This is what your grandmother called it: preserving all the surplus from the garden and putting it by for future use. As much as I…
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…
So, last October Ross’ co-worker gave him two kohlrabi—two GIANT kohlrabi. Normally kohlrabi is about the size of an apple or orange, weighing about 6-10 ounces each. But these were HUGE, each one weighing twenty pounds! I would have expected them to be woody and not very tasty. But I was wrong. These mega-veggies were tasty,…