Spice Harvesting Project: Saving Dill Seed

October 27th, 2009 - posted under: The Farm » Flora

Oh dear, I love dill. I grew a ton of it this year, because it’s my favorite herbal additive to my morning green smoothies. But there’s more to dill than it’s lovely liquid union with strawberries and citrus (seriously, strawberry-dill smoothies are SO good). Dill seed is also a unique spice, similar to caraway with [...]

Potato Harvest: The Tire Tower Project

September 25th, 2009 - posted under: The Farm » Flora

I grew taters! Like, really really yummy ones! I’m a tater-maker, woo hoo!!! You may remember all the way back in April, I posted an article outlining how to grow potatoes in tire towers. I started my own tater seeds that month, and would periodically update every few months. Everything seemed to be going swimmingly, [...]

Spice Harvesting Project: Saving Coriander Seeds

September 15th, 2009 - posted under: The Farm » Flora

I love cilantro. I know it’s too much for some people, but I grew up in southern California and Mexican is my favorite cuisine. I love cilantro in my salsas (especially good in a mango pico de gallo), I love cilantro in my tacos (it pops so well against soyrizo!), and I especially love cilantro [...]

Summer Garden’s Slowing Down, Autumn Garden’s Gearing Up

September 10th, 2009 - posted under: The Farm » Flora

I can’t believe we’re just two weeks shy of autumn! That’s wild, where did the summer go? I swear it was just last week I was complaining about the heat. But it rained here all weekend, and yesterday I actually wore *jeans*, and this morning my breakfast was *oatmeal*. Oh yeah, fall is on the [...]

How To Cultivate A Strawberry Patch

August 26th, 2009 - posted under: The Farm » Flora

Strawberry propagation is super easy – in fact it happens naturally in each crop. And as the hands-on horticulturist that you are, it’s up to you to make sure it happens efficiently and successfully in your garden! Like all flowering plants, strawberries reproduce sexually through pollination and fertilization. But strawberries also reproduce asexually, by budding [...]