5 Tips for Successful Container Gardening
I almost bought a condo last year. The whys and wherefores aren’t really relevant here, but the experience did get me thinking about my gardens …
Gardening
As a life-long vegetable gardener and gardening educator, I'm passionate about sharing useful how-to's and pro-tips for growing your vegetables, right in your backyard.
3 Simple – but Powerful – Ways to Make a Lasting Impact on the Food Movement
This weekend, the 2014 Edible Institute was held in NYC. This event brings together some of the most progressive minds in the food industry to …
Five No-Fuss Edibles to Plant Right Now
I can hardly believe it, folks: warm weather actually seems to be here! I’m going to take a chance and drop off my winter coat …
Grow a Pantry Vegetable Garden This Year
For new gardeners, it can feel overwhelming planting that first home vegetable garden. Aside from learning the best practices for growing vegetables, you have to …
It’s Springtime!
It’s springtime, yo, and beautiful vegetables are popping out of the ground. It’s an exciting time for vegetable gardeners! I can’t believe it’s mid-May already …
Fall alliums
Of all the many things I grow in my vegetable gardens, I have to say, alliums win the title for all-around awesomeness. They are so …
Early fall in the garden
I wrote the title of this post in near disbelief. It’s October. Four days into October, in fact. Summer is not only in the rear …
In the garden + in the kitchen
As summer marches onward, exiting (thankfully) a brutally hot July, I can’t help but be struck by all the ways Nature finds to surprise us …
Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes + black cherry tomato sauce
This summer’s growing season has been emotionally harrowing — exuberant highs and furrowed-brow lows. When July’s heat wave arrived … and made itself right at …
Onions and shallots, all growed up
‘Memba this (from this early April post)? Little wispy onion sprouts, mere weeks old in the ground. And garlic and shallots, strong and productive from …
Garlic harvest twenty twelve
Although my true garden love is the heirloom tomato, my favorite crop to grow is actually garlic. Unbelievably easy — fairly little effort with huge …
Gardens + farmers markets = happy SoupAddict
Hello, June! For months and months you’ve been awaited and now you’ve arrived [muah!]. Here. Take a seat and stay a while. A long, long …
Garden Update – Early April 2012
I feel like I’m in some sort of crazy time warp. Just yesterday (I pinkie-swear!), I was dreading the turn of the yearly calendar and …
The Well-Stocked Spice Rack
When was the last time you examined your spice rack? And I mean, really gave it a good looking-over? Are the herbs and spices fresh? …
Garden Planning
This is a big weekend coming up at Casa SoupAddict: I’ll be sowing the seeds for all of the indoor-started vegetable plants for my 2012 …
Freezing Peppers
I’m in a bit of a panic, as it dawned on me Monday that September is rapidly drawing to a close. Although we’ve finally received …