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Gardening 101: A Winter Squash With a Summer Soul
Thin-skinned delicata squash has all the richness of butternut, without all the fuss.
09.14.09
- Keywords
- gardening 101,
- produce,
- winter,
- vegetables,
- nanette maxim
food + cooking
Gardening 101: Salad Days, Cauliflower Nights
The garden is in harvest mode, and maybe you’re sick of weeding. But guess what? It’s time to plant again for fall.
08.31.09
- Keywords
- gardening 101,
- produce,
- summer,
- vegetables,
- nanette maxim
food + cooking
Extreme Frugality: Gearing Up for the Z-Day Challenge
During the month of September, how many days can one man go without buying anything?
08.20.09
- Keywords
- extreme frugality,
- culinary culture,
- gardening,
- w. hodding carter
food + cooking
Extreme Frugality: Better Living Through Broccoli
What happens when the one vegetable you love to hate turns out to be the most delicious vegetable in the world?
08.13.09
- Keywords
- extreme frugality,
- culinary culture,
- gardening,
- broccoli,
- w. hodding carter
food + cooking
Gardening 101: Ring of Chile Fire
Growing peppers can make you fall for extremes, from sweet Italians to red-hot Thai.
08.10.09
- Keywords
- gardening 101,
- gardening,
- chile,
- farming,
- nanette maxim
food + cooking
Gardening 101: In Praise of Eggplant
It may not be America’s favorite vegetable, but in this garden, eggplant makes magic.
07.27.09
- Keywords
- gardening 101,
- gardening,
- eggplant,
- farming,
- nanette maxim
food + cooking
Gardening 101: Playing in the Dirt
Give a kid a garden, and let the games begin.
07.20.09
- Keywords
- gardening 101,
- gardening,
- kids,
- farming,
- nanette maxim
food + cooking
Extreme Frugality: The Way of the Carters
Fighting the good fight and holding back the slugs.
07.16.09
- Keywords
- extreme frugality,
- tomatoes,
- gardening,
- farming,
- w. hodding carter
food + cooking
Gardening 101: Before and After the Blight
Widespread in the Northeast, late blight is a tomato and potato disease you need to know about, and fast.
07.13.09
- Keywords
- gardening 101,
- farm-to-table,
- produce,
- tomatoes,
- nanette maxim
food + cooking
Gardening 101: Tomato Support Group
It ain’t heavy; it’s my tomato plant. And it needs help now, in the form of a cage, a stake, or even a bamboo teepee.
07.06.09
- Keywords
- gardening 101,
- farm-to-table,
- produce,
- tomatoes,
- nanette maxim
