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Try this for an end of Summer snack…
One of my favorite garden fresh snacks uses fresh basil and sun-gold or cherry tomatoes. Here is how to prepare it: Step 1: Pick some tomatoes and a handful of basil leaves from your garden. Step 2:...
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Grow your own Asparagus (year after year)
Asparagus spears should not be cut for the first couple of years to help the plant establish. When they aren’t cut, they grow into ferns that look like this. This year is my first attempt at growing...
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Recommended Book: How to Grow More Vegetables on Less Land than You Can Imagine
The winter months provide a great time to plan, prep and read for next year’s growing season. A number of years ago, I was gifted a gardening book titled, “How to Grow More Vegetables”. It was one of...
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Grow your own celery to avoid eating the number 2 produce item on the “Dirty...
Red celery growing in my garden. By growing my own I will avoid eating all the pesticide residue found on store-bought celery. I really enjoy eating celery. It adds great flavor to soups and is yummy...
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3 tips on how to prep for the new growing season
I always like to start planning for the next growing season during January and February. Here are a few tips to keep in mind as you plan to grow some delicious garden vegetables this next season. 1....
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Prepping and Planting an Organic Spring Garden using Recycled Materials
It’s that time! We’ll keep it short on words and long on pictures in this post. My wife and I prepped and planted our spring garden last week. Here are some quick how-tos and tips for your garden....
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How to make a self-watering seed starter pot from a 2-liter pop bottle
We at TogetherFarm are always looking for ways to take post consumer waste out of the waste stream and repurpose it for gardening. Our recent post on using egg cartons, egg shells, and the cardboard...
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Benefits of growing rhubarb and how to care for it
Rhubarb is easy to grow and delicious to eat Rhubarb is a garden plant that is very easy to grow and care for. It is a perennial meaning that it grows for more than 2 years and survives winters....
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Growing Hops in Your Garden
Growing hops in your garden is very easy to do. Last October I posted an article titled, “Grow Your Own Beer” where I considered all the ingredients that go into a pint of beer and then looked at the...
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Organic Pest Control
Garden Beds Organic pest control is now something to think about since Portland gardens are now underway. Our garden has come a long way since we planted back in March (see our previous post about...
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3 Reasons to let your Plants Go to Seed
Over the past number of years, I have strategically let some of the plants in my garden go to seed. It all started with me just being lazy and leaving plants in the ground longer than I was hoping....
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How to grow your own potatoes and harvest them twice in one year
Freshly harvested young red potatoes from my garden Often times when I buy a big bag of potatoes, I end up not being able to use all of them. Or, I wait too long to use them and they start growing...
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Use Up Those Summer Tomatoes
Garden Fresh Tomatoes Here’s a great way to use up those summer tomatoes that may be stacking up and attracting fruit flies. This peasant salad from Tuscany requires above all a good country bread...
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What to do with extra (large) Zucchini – 3 Delicious Recipes
This article will explain what to do with extra (large) Zucchini by giving 3 delicious recipes. Every year my garden produces way more zucchini than we can keep up with. We are always giving zucchini...
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Last few days to Pre-order TogetherFarm Blocks on Kickstarter!
The TogetherFarm Team has been hard at work the past 4 weeks getting the word out about TogetherFarm Blocks. Our Kickstarter campaign continues to progress towards being fully funded and there’s still...
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How to grow tomatoes and potatoes on one plant
This article will show you how to grow tomatoes and potatoes on one plant by grafting a tomato plant onto a potato plant. As summer slowly rolls to an end, we often find ourselves with an abundance of...
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3 of the Best Winter Crops – Onions, Garlic, and Cabbage
This article will give you an overview for 3 of the best winter crops – onions, garlic, and cabbage. In the past I always assumed that my garden would just lay dormant in the winter. After all, what...
View ArticleBenefits of Growing and Eating Kale
Kale is one of those garden plants that is packed full of all kinds of nutrients and benefits for your body. In addition, it is really easy to grow and is hardy in lots of different climates. This...
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