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Tips Cooking Fresh Dried Beans! Dried beans are not only beautiful to look at, they are delicious, nutritious, and each has its own flavor and texture. We encourage you to try all of the varieties we grow. We call our beans “fresh” dry beans because they are generally much fresher than the beans you normally…
Recipes Black Coco Beans & Parsley Summer Salad The first time you try fresh dried beans, you’ll be amazed at the taste. Dried beans become tougher and less flavorful as they age: most dried beans are so old they’ve lost all flavor. Fresh dried beans have a rich taste that makes this easy summer salad delicious—I take this…
Recipes Easy Summer Strawberry Salad Here is a versatile summery salad that you can substitute cheeses, nuts, vinaigrettes, or even go with a creamy dressing. You get sweet, creamy, crunchy, and zesty in the first bite. We prep these individually in separate bowls to preserve the flavor and crispness of each ingredient.
Recipes Radishes Braised with Wilted Arugula Radishes and arugula are both in the fire family in the Chinese five-element philosophy of food and health, making them especially good for knocking out those chest colds that just won’t go away. Most people eat radishes raw, and they are equally delicious lightly braised.
Tips Drying Herbs **June or July is a great time to go out and collect herbs to dry for tea and spices. ** The morning or the evening of a dry day is the optimal time to harvest herbs. Look for the newest leaves without flower buds on them. Clip off the desired…
Tips Planting Tomatoes Planting tomatoes properly can be a bit of a mystery. First dig the hole about 10-12 inches deep. Add a handful of compost and a little fertilizer to the hole (I use a teaspoon of Pro-Gro, or Compost Plus). Stir it in. Fill the hole with water and let it…
Tips Companion Planting Companion plants are those pairs or groups of plants that compliment one another through their life cycles, and do not compete with one another. They also provide an attractive habitat for desirable garden critters such as beneficial insects, frogs, toads, spiders, or birds. A great book on companion planting is…
Tips Staking Tomatoes Your backyard tomatoes should now be tall enough to begin staking: we highly recommend staking and training tomatoes early, while they are small. If you wait until they flop, you risk breaking the tender stalks. Also, keep on pinching the suckers of your heirloom tomato varieties. Suckers are the growth…
Tips Thinning Seedlings Thinning your seedlings in the vegetable patch can be one of the most difficult jobs to do because it makes the gardener feel like a killer of the very seedlings we worked so hard to grow. However, if you do not thin your crops now while they are little, your…
Tips Green Garlic Green garlic is garlic that is harvested before the scape (the flower bud) and bulb form. Green garlic is sometimes called domestic ramps as they are similar in taste to wild ramps (a short-season wild leek with a garlicy taste). Green garlic is the perfect crop to get us through…