Plan now for holiday gifts from the garden
Theresa Loe Associate Producer | Growing A Greener World
It may be fall, but the gift-giving holidays will be upon us before we know it! As gardeners, we can share a little bit of our garden during the holidays through garden-harvested gifts. It can be as....
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Plant now for preserving the harvest later
Theresa Loe Associate Producer | Growing A Greener World
When most people plant their spring vegetable garden, they are only thinking of the delicious fresh flavors they will be eating later at harvest. But when I plant, I’m thinking about what I like....
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Storing fruits and vegetables
Burpee Edible Gardening Team Members
Families are tossing out about 14% of all food they bring into the home, according to research at the University of Arizona. That’s an average of 470 pounds of food per year! Fresh fruits and....
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Harvesting herbs and harnessing those flavors!
Theresa Loe Associate Producer | Growing A Greener World
As fall arrives and you can feel the season making a shift, you may need to cut back your garden and start to get it ready for bed. And if you are growing herbs, this is the perfect time to capture....
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Harvest is here; it’s canning time
Susan Whetzel Burpee Home Gardens Guest Blogger | Recipe Developer
I’m pretty confident in saying this…Burpee Home Gardens is psychic.
If they aren’t, well then, they’re some kind of geniuses, using their minds for the greater good, but of....
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Eat those winter salads
Burpee Edible Gardening Team Members
Boiling up a hearty soup is a typical way to use up spare vegetables and herbs. Freeze your recipe in portions, and you’ve got meals to use (and share) for weeks!
Fresh chopped salads are another....
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Harvesting and using lavender
Theresa Loe Associate Producer | Growing A Greener World
Growing lavender can be very rewarding. In the springtime you can watch the hummingbirds inspecting the gorgeous purple flowers, and enjoy the wonderful fragrances wafting through the garden with every....
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Strawberry-lemon marmalade
Theresa Loe Associate Producer | Growing A Greener World
Here in California, it is the end of strawberry season. In my own backyard, I have a small patch of strawberry plants plus a large strawberry pot. Both areas are still bursting with sweet berries. Next....
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This year, PLAN TO CAN
Theresa Loe Associate Producer | Growing A Greener World
If you are like me, then right now you are busy planting your vegetables, fruits and herbs in the garden. Before long, that produce will flourish and provide us with bushels of food. That’s a....
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