Celery has a very long maturing time, and can be finicky about soil nutrients, but growing your own celery is easy when given enough time and compost! Growing your own is also very economical. When harvesting just what you need from the outside of the plants, they can continue to grow all season long. Here's what you need to know!
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A customer with the last name of "Nardello" ordered Jimmy Nardello peppers this past Spring, so a Sow True staffer wrote a quick note on his invoice noting the shared surname, and in return, we...
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I hope this answers some questions, and helps you decide what type of squash, or squashes, you would like to grow this season. Don’t forget to take good notes so you can learn from your successes and failures, and share your stories! We become better gardeners by learning from each other.
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I hope this will help you gain confidence and have fun! In my life, there is no greater joy than gardening. It connects us to ourselves, our ancestors, our health, and the earth, and that all feels priceless to me.
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We had the joy of participating in an all-hands-on-deck work day out at Franny’s Farm a few weeks ago. We lent our hands to The Utopian Seed Project, a local non-profit organization focused on increasing food security through supporting crop diversity.
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I have always found parsley difficult to grow, but I sure love using fresh parsley for cooking. Alas, the store-bought product can be tired, tasteless and expensive. Now, I do like finding easy substitutes...
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Garden Ambassador, Nan Chase, offers advice on how to store your garlic as well as simple and delicious ways to eat it.
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You notice your pods are almost ready to harvest and decide to give it just one more day, but then the summer rains set in! All thoughts of garden play are moved to the back of your mind and by the time you’re finally able to get outside without being drenched, those baby pods have grown some. Your perfect harvest has turned to huge fibrous pods. Sometimes okra grows so quickly that just missing a day or two can be the difference between young and tender versus big and woody.
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Often times our thriving gardens leave us with so much bounty we don't quite know what to do with it. Garden Ambassador takes you step by step through on freezing garden grown spinach.
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Asheville Garden Ambassador- Nan Chase shares some thoughts on freezing your excess garden veggies to give you homegrown goodness for months.
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Confessions of a Rule Breaking Lima Bean Grower breaks all the rules about growing lima beans and thinking outside of the box when growing these vining legumes.
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Nan Chase, Asheville North Carolina: It is easy to dismiss gardening dreams when the space you have at home is limited. However, urban gardening is possible and can bring you lots of beauty and bounty.
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