Jan
10
It is that time of year again, when all the seed catalogs are being send out to get us gardeners excited about another planting season. I like to take some time in the winter to cover some of the new or unique items that I have stumped across. I am going to start with some …
Jan
10
Beans are one of the simplest things to grow. I recommend them as the first vegetable for a first time gardener. But once you have mastered the bush bean, it’s time to move on to pole beans. They aren’t hard to grow at all, but they are a step up from bush beans, as you …
Jan
05
If you are looking to just buy purple (or blue) potatoes, check out my page on where to buy them. This post is only about where to buy seed potatoes for your own garden. Here in America, we see the white flesh potato as the norm. The all-American Russet is white fleshed. The popular red …
Jan
04
There is nothing I like better fresh out of the garden than beans. The tenderness and flavor cannot match what you get in the grocery store. In my search for the perfect beans there is one thing I always rule out, growing meaty beans. That is beans that tend to grow large seeds rather quickly. …
Jan
03
Where to Buy Recently I received a couple seed catalogs in the mail. One of the first things I looked up was their prices on fingerling seed potatoes. Fingerling potatoes are a gourmet treat, that sell in the store for a gourmet price. They are great for boiling in a pot of water and rock …
Dec
11
As we get ready to enter the dark days of winter here in Michigan, there isn’t much to do gardening wise. This is why I take this time to research some of the new varieties available on the market. Seed companies are preparing their catalog for the New Year. One of the new things available …
Jun
07
Click here to read all my posts regarding this variety of pea. The most exciting time for a vegetable gardener has come – the harvest. My first harvest of the year is my Burpeeana Early peas. It took to the 11th week to get my first harvest. The estimated harvest date was Sunday, May 23rd. …
Jun
07
Click here to read all my posts regarding this variety of pea. At about the 9 week point my Burpeeana Early peas began to show signs of flowering. The flowers are white in color. From the point in which the flowers show up until the peas are mature to harvest will probably be around 1 …
May
15
Click here to read all my posts regarding this variety of pea. My Burpeeana Early peas have now reached the top of the support I set up for them. But I am not concerned about them exceeding it as the pea plants are close enough together to grab each other for more support. At this …
May
11
Click here to read all my posts regarding this variety of pea. These peas have been growing good lately. The rain and cool nights have been a gift to these peas. Tendrils are shooting out everywhere. Since the plants are so close together they are even using each other to reach for the sky. If things …
Welcome to my blog! My name is Eric. I live in Saline, Michigan with my wife (Donna) and two daughters, Hannah (3 1/2) and Autumn (1). I started this blog in October 2009 to share my culinary experiences from making my own food from scratch to what I find at farmer's markets and grocery stores.
