Garlic Growing With The Experts and Making Garlic Powder
18Aug
For starters, like apples, tomatoes and most veggies, fresh garlic just tastes better.
Garden Blog
Tomato Frenzy! Fresh Tomato Biscuits & Homegrown Contest
12Aug
Tomato Biscuit recipe
Crop Rotation in Your Fall Garden
22Jul
Crop rotation is a systematic approach to deciding where and when to plant what on your land. It can prevent the spread of blights and pests, as well as replenish the soil. It’s based on the understanding of certain natural cycles.
Hardneck or Softneck?
13Jul
Differences between hardneck or softneck garlic.
How Much Seed Garlic Do I Need?
08Jul
First, figure out how many bulbs or pounds of garlic you would like to harvest. Are you a garlic fanatic eating a bulb a day, or a week or a month?
Compost Tea: DIY Natural Fertilizer
25Jun
Compost tea is a low-strength, natural fertilizer for seedlings and plants!
Basil: the Royal Herb
21Jun
Basil is one of the most popular culinary herbs in the world and one that gardeners await with anticipation each summer. Here a few ways to enjoy this herb.
Hand-Pollinating Corn
15Jun
If you’re planting only a few corn plants there is less chance that the wind can do the job. You can improve pollination by transferring pollen from tassels to silks yourself.
Eat Your Asian Veggies!
14Jun
Gardeners have become more familiar with Asian vegetables like edamame, daikon, pak choi and Japanese eggplants over the last 10 years as Thai, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese cuisines have become popular, joining the tried and true Chinese flavors on our tables.
Is it Time to Harvest Garlic Yet?
12Jun
Here in western NC it’s almost garlic harvesting time. How can you tell?
Cottage Gardens
02Jun
Colorful, informal, low maintenance. Grow a cottage garden today!
Summer Weddings: Seed Favors
01Jun
We can do weddings differently! The keywords to keep in mind are local, recycled, handmade and simple. Sow True Seed will customize your wedding favors-- seed packets!