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Apr 09

Cooking Fresh? – Grow Your Own!

This post is contributed by Kurt Reiger High Caliper Growing, Maker of the Smart Pots Every cook knows that fresh ingredients are key to great cuisine. The food would taste better if you could select each item at the farm and the garden and the orcha (read full article)

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Apr 09

Cooking Fresh? – Grow Your Own!

This post is contributed by Kurt Reiger High Caliper Growing, Maker of the Smart Pots Every cook knows that fresh ingredients are key to great cuisine. The food would taste better if you could select each item at the farm and the garden and the orcha (read full article)

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Mar 11

Italian Cooking Herb Series Chart Now Available

It is nearly the middle of March and it is almost time to start planting ourItalian herb seeds.  As promised, I put together a chart summarizing the various herbs that we talked about in our series.  Feel free to download and save the pdf file to y (read full article)

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Feb 22

Herb Series – Part 5 – Rosemary

This week I’ve decided to include both rosemary and dill instead of stretching the series out another week.  The link to the dill article is at the bottom of this post. Let’s first talk about rosemary.  Rosemary is an herb which origina (read full article)

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Feb 09

Herb Series: Part 3 – Oregano

This is part 3 of our Italian herb series and this week we talk about oregano.  Oregano became popular in the United States after World War II when the soldiers came home talking about the pizzas they had overseas.  This led to a growth in the dema (read full article)

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Feb 09

What is a Last Frost?

I originally thought a last frost was when it was assumed there would be no more frosts.  Ends up, my assumption was a little off.   A last frost is a date set by the NOAA which gives a guesstimate as to when there is a high probability that there (read full article)

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Feb 02

Herb Series – Part 2: Parsley

Parsley is a great herb which can be used in many recipes, such as my Risotto with Orzo or Stuffed Mushrooms.  It is also tastey when eaten plain (it helps freshen and clean out your breath too!).  I do recommend organic parsley, if you can find it (read full article)

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Jan 26

Herb Series- Part One: Sweet Basil

As the first part of my herb series I will talk about basil.  I was going to do garlic even though it is not an “herb”, however ends up I’m a bit late in the game.   Garlic has to be planted in the autumn or early winter.  I hav (read full article)

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