The Planter Recipe That Gives Back
A display of blooming plants can give people so much delight throughout the growing season. Our Recipe for the month of May features a gorgeous Cup Tall Planter arrangement created to give back to nature’s pollinators, and beautify the outdoors. Below is a diagram of...
Planter To Table: Beans For Good Luck!
My kids as of today, are so obsessed with instant gratification. Everything seems to be resolved instantly for them. Finished reading a book? Download the next one. Forgot your homework at school? Another parent can text it over. Hungry? Have Uber deliver a meal. For...
Planter To Table: Hiding Tomatoes
Children, it seems, are born with their taste buds clearly defined. Take my daughter for example. She was definitely a herbivore in a past life. Whenever the family sits at a restaurant for dinner, my daughter always wants to order a salad and although content with a...
Planter to Table – Feta-lla and Her Herb Friends
If you could fall in love with food, I would marry feta cheese. Combine it with some fresh herbs and you can create fantastic recipes of sheep’s milk cheese, with an array of wonderful flavors. Matter of fact, my 9-year-old beat me to it. She even made a cartoon to...
Planter To Table – Using Fresh and Dried Herbs
Planter to Table - the stories of a passionate brown thumb gardener and cook. These days it seems that everyone would prefer fresh, but in the case of mint I must advocate for both equally. Fresh mint is beautifully aromatic and poignant, but occasionally can...
The Digging In Gathering – Helping to Keep Container Gardening Growing
January 25, 2017 - From the creator of the Digging In Gathering, Andrea of Contained Gardens: "I started Contained Gardens in 2001 and I always felt that something is missing for people who do what I do. A conference, a workshop, a meeting, something just for...