Who doesn’t love those Free Seed Catalogs– right!?! *Updated 1/30/24* They can fast forward the time to lush summer gardens without that pesky weeding. Their pages are saturated with possibility and so much incandescent color inspiring us to dream a little bigger, a little bolder, a little MORE each year. Looking for help planning your […]
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Garden Fresh Food It is that time of year gardeners… Everything is ripening, and FAST in the garden right now. So right now is the time to start looking at your plants’ produce not just as food- but also as seed for next year’s garden crops. Time to start seed saving! I started saving seeds […]
Saving Seeds means Saving Life. I know that sounds dramatic, but saving seeds is a big part of why humans hunkered down into communities and began our long march towards civilization (we’ve still got on our marching boots though, right!?). Variations of those seeds still sustain us today. Until a few generations ago, most people […]
Find your new favorite by comparing twelve tomato varieties with me. Did you know that tomatoes have been bred for different purposes for centuries? Some are perfect for popping in your mouth, like cherry tomatoes. Some are meant to balance out that bacon on a BLT, like the huge heirloom slicers. And some are best […]
Seeds and centuries of gardening knowledge feed a community at Dream of Wild Health farm. Inspired by the people it serves and centuries of gardening knowledge, Dream of Wild Health embodies working with nature. One of the oldest, continually operating Native American nonprofits in the Twin Cities, Dream of Wild Health’s intertribal working and […]
We love growing cucumbers! But there are many differences, so let’s do a cucumber comparison. They’re a favorite of the vegetable garden and one of the homegrown treats my kids most impatiently look forward to munching fresh off the vine—as well as sliced (with ranch)—then fermented and pickled all winter long. Needless to say, we […]
**Updated November 2024** In typical Forks in the Dirt fashion, I have gift ideas for you that cover a lot of ground. You could even say gifts from the ground up. So, here’s my lovingly curated, Mix + Match, Handmade, Local, Always Learning + Eco Friendly Holiday Gift Guide. Homemade Calendula Salve:Calendula Salve is a […]
Many of you have been asking me about vegetable gardening this year and I love it! I wanted to take this chance to cover (more of) the bases at once. Specifically, you’ve been asking me about planting seeds versus getting plants later – not sure how COVID 19 will affect things this season… While I […]
My Switch has been flipped and my body is craving hearty soups, roasted veggies and all. the. Kale! Kale really is the King of the late Fall garden. It is by far one of the easiest plants to grow and it just keeps giving. Easier to grow than many other superfoods, this stuff was made […]
It doesn’t take rocket science to understand why we love flowers. I mean just look at these beauties! They are Nature’s purest form of eye candy! If you’re looking for an overall guide to Companion Planting, I’ve got you covered too, with this Free 5 page Guide! Flower Power As I’ve grown up (well, a […]