A recent visit to the local grocery store in my town of Forsyth, Missouri convinced me more than ever that many of us should consider planting a small garden. Lettuce was well over a dollar a head, celery was pushing two dollars and you don’t even want to here about the cost of bell peppers! … Continue reading
One afternoon while I was looking through some old books I had stored in the basement, I came across a real gem from my distant past. It was a book called Alice’s Restaurant Cookbook and contained a collection of recipes that Alice May Brock used in her Brooklyn New York establishment made famous by Arlo … Continue reading
‘Stinking rose the heady scent of you tangy spicy most underrated year-round orb bulbous root incandescent moon’ If you read my blog on ‘Growing Garlic in a Pot’ posted on the 9th of February you would know not to expect a very pretty looking plant. (I think the picture pretty much says it all). This … Continue reading
My cold frames have continued to produce a bountiful crop of early spring lettuce. Continue reading
Looking for a really cheap and easy vegetable to grow this spring? Onion sets are a plant it and forget it crop. Continue reading
