Your guests will be so impressed with this Winter harvest cheese board! It takes 10 minutes to prep and it has all of your favorite winter fruits, cheeses and crackers. And it serves a huge gathering without breaking the bank! So my birthday is in 2 days. (more…) The post Winter Cheese Board appeared first...
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Growing Morning Glory Indoors
All of my adult life because of a combination of kids, cats, and poorly placed windows, I’ve been severely limited in my ability to grow plants indoors. First I had an apartment, with little room, and I didn’t know as much then as I do now. I had a patio garden and some hanging pots...
How to heat a greenhouse
So I’ve planted my greenhouse and I have things growing. I do not yet have my automatic watering system setup yet, I have drip irrigation run to about half of it, but it isn’t automated. The humidity stays so nice and high in there though that watering needs haven’t been too bad. I planted some...
Making a Great Display of Culinary Herb Plants
Last winter wasn’t the mildest but it was a good one for over wintering herb plants outdoors in the garden. Even herb varieties that are typically borderline hardy here in my growing region survived to put on a great show in the landscape this spring and summer. A big part of that success is location...
Growing Winter Lettuce to Produce Early Spring Harvests
Winter Lettuce is one of my favorite crops for fall planting even though it doesn’t yield a harvest until the following spring. The name is a bit deceiving because this isn’t a single plant variety, and it isn’t a crop that is harvested during winter, at least that isn’t how I use it in my...