Each day we take our bushel basket down to the field garden in hopes of harvesting tomatoes, pumpkins, or melons. We often bring back bas...

Recently harvested: basil, shallots, broccoli, heirloom tomatoes, green onions, chamomile.  I thought it would be fun today to share so...

Earlier in the year I mentioned that we bought a new variety of English peas for our garden. I'm happy to report that Laxton's Pr...

  A new edition to the garden has been some local straw mulch. Our vegetables seem to be enjoying their new ground cover. One of my...

It's a great time of the year to sit back a little and watch your garden grow. I have two wonderful gardening books to share with you...

Vermont in June. You can't beat it. Delicate pink peonies open. The thimbleberry shrubs are in bloom Wild strawberries are grow...

Things are moving along nicely in the field garden. We planted our tomatoes at the end of May and almost forgot that our farmer friend h...

 Apple blossoms promising a bumper crop this year. We're hoping to make apple cider, apple cider vinegar, and applesauce this year. ...

Well, here are those pretty spring blooms I promised a few weeks ago. In the final few days of April, we are starting to see major signs...

My husband and I tend to favor heirloom vegetables over hybrids in our garden for many reasons. Here are a few: 1. You can save the se...

We're inching ahead here in Zone 4b after Friday's minor accumulation of sleet and wet snow. I'm happy to have this little lu...