Root vegetables get their name for the fact that the vegetables are harvested from the ground and sold at markets with the stringy roots attached. The veggies tell you how fresh they are in this part of the stem.
Tag: garden
Remembering a First Lady with Her Recipes
This April has not given way to the spring season easily. Every beautiful day was followed by a chilly one that didn’t allow a string of days to let us ride a wave of pleasant weather. The change of seasons brings new experiences to embrace and a reminder of those people, places or events that…
Homemade Pizza for Pi Day
March is the month that gardeners start to prepare for the upcoming growing season and there are surprises coming up through the soil. If you start plants and vegetables from seed, now is when you start to prepare those seeds and seed-starter medium indoors so they are ready to roll out to the garden in mid-May. Sedum…
The Indoor January Garden
At the end of the growing season we dig up some herbs to bring inside to continue to give us fresh herbs like chives, oregano, thyme, rosemary, marjoram, and basil. The thyme really grew and spread last summer so we divided it and brought a big pot inside. The transition from outside to indoors has…
annual or perennial in the garden
If you are just starting a garden, or new to filling containers for flowers or shrubs, the choices can seem overwhelming. A walk through the garden center has rows and rows of colorful flowers being sprayed with the occasional watery mist from above. The first step is to know if you want to choose an annual or…
here comes the growing season and a tip for big container plants
It feels good to be able to move your entertaining and lifestyle outside for the season. Reading while the kids splash in the pool or the sense of accomplishment (and tiredness!) you feel after a day in the garden are part of the activities of the warmer months. The growing season is here and read on…
the days of may, and baseball and cocktails!
We got a little distracted here at herbinkitchen with everything going on in the month of May. The baseball season got into full swing and the track season brought new challenges in different events. May also meant state exams and progress reports before that last June report card next month. There were milestones and spring…
spring ahead
The month of March roared in like a lion and then took a rest. What’s the best reason to lose an hour of sleep on the weekend after a busy week? Moving the clocks ahead for Daylight Savings Time for longer stretches of sunshine in the days ahead. There’s the first green bud on one of the hydrangea…
the heat is on
It has been a scorcher with punishing heat. One day, the only reason we got out of the pool, was to make lunch and then dinner. When the temperature is climbing toward triple digits, salads are a reliable dinner staple. The summer produce is providing some picture-perfect vegetables and fruit. The tomatoes in our garden…
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