Growing basil is high on my garden list of priorities because I love pesto. Defrosting a container in mid-winter, releasing the rich basil aroma, transports me right back to my sun-filled veggie garden in summer. Beside using it on pasta, try it as a yummy sandwich spread, raw veggie dip or corn chowder spicer-upper. Since [...]
Entries from June 28th, 2009
Growing Basil the Easy Way
June 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Cooking & Recipes, Food Gardening, Vegetable Gardening, herbs, organic gardening
Tags: basil·food growing·herbs·pesto
Wicked Plants, Grow Pellets and SucraShield
June 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Book Reviews, Gardening News, Insects, organic gardening
• ‘Wicked Plants’ by Amy Stewart (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2009). Ms. Stewart has delivered another exciting page-turner in the area of horticultural reads. Following her successful foray into the worldwide cut flower business in ‘Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers” and her fabulous journey into [...]
Tags: gardening books·growing·organic insecticide·seed starting