Friday
I don’t just love kitchen gardens — I live in them. Most of my growing happens in raised beds on concrete here in Tennessee, but my roots stretch farther: Hawaii, Oregon, Georgia, and now the South. And no matter the zone, I always end up back in the garden — mine or someone else’s. I’ve started photographing other kitchen gardens too — I just love seeing how other people grow.
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Early Spring Garden Tasks in Zone 7 | Essential March Planting Guide
Discover essential early spring gardening tasks for Zone 7, including planting Red Torpedo onions, monitoring perennial herbs, and implementing smart planting techniques for a productive kitchen garden.
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Early Cucumbers Signal the Start of Summer Harvest
Early cucumbers, also known as "first harvest cucumbers," are a delightful sign of the upcoming bountiful summer produce. Come see how our garden is producing in late May and early June.
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Can I Eat Bolted Lettuce?
Learn how to eat lettuce that has bolted and become bitter - why it got that way, and how to prevent and deal with it.
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Peas, Please!
Spring is ideal for snow peas. Come visit with me as I show you one of our harvests and what we ate.
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Snow Peas and a Tornado Warning
Last night, middle TN was hit with a tornado and we were in it’s path. I won’t go into the scary part, but the awesome part instead. That lightning and rain made the garden go wild overnight! So much abundance, we can’t get to it all! I need some hungry friends. And I don’t mean caterpillar worms, please. 🙂 I love the humid, settled weather. It reminds me of our years in Hawaii (a very difficult place for a kitchen garden!). So to celebrate (we often celebrate with food), I made us a loco moco. It’s a Hawaiian food – a grilled hamburger patty (grass fed, pastured, of course) put…
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Lettuce – Chop and Replace Method
Come along as I chop and replace tonight's salad dinner.
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It’s Go Time for Tomatoes (As Long as There’s Some Spares)
It's time! We plant up some tomatoes, tidy up our berry garden, and appreciate the beauty of lettuces!
