Category Archives: Growing Food

More “Vegetable Literacy” Plus Profound Edible Quotes

May 16, 2013 0
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Seasonal Cooking with Rita Calvert~The Local Cook
“Growing Your Own Food is like printing you own money.”
       -by Ron Finley who describes himself as a “renegade gardener.
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Highlight: Vegetable Literacy by Deborah Madison

May 10, 2013 0
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Seasonal Cooking with Rita Calvert~The Local Cook
Vegetables are the new heroes of the food world, as more and more of us try to eat healthier meals, many attempt …

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Picture Perfect Brassicas

May 9, 2013 0
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Call me crazy but I think I outsmarted the insects this spring. Normally, I’d be pulling cabbage loopers off my brassicas and handing them off to the chickens for a treat.

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Garden to Glass Continues

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Seasonal Cooking with Rita Calvert~The Local Cook
More recipes with those bright green herbs and produce for your drinks-with or without alcohol. Rum, vodka or even tequila will work with the Honey …

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“Garden To Glass”-Herb and Produce Loaded Drinks

April 18, 2013 0
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 Seasonal Cooking with Rita Calvert~The Local Cook
The sun highlights the gently blowing leaves of tender young herbs in the verdant landscape soon to be graced with fruits and vegetables of …

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Vegetables in the Front Yard

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The local food movement is sweeping the nation. Support for Farmer’s Markets and Community Supported Agriculture have reconnected people with their food and their farmers. Many have been inspired to take the next step and …

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Growing Those Tomatoes in Containers

April 4, 2013 0
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Seasonal Cooking with Rita Calvert~The Local Cook

Tomatoes are the cornerstone for my kitchen garden and perhaps for most folks because the just-picked vibrant hue and aroma is incomparable. Now we …

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Sustainable Eating

March 15, 2013 1
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Seasonal Cooking with Rita Calvert~The Local Cook
At the really big “Cherish the Chesapeake Open House”, Homestead Gardens has many speakers who will convey sustainability of our region by way of …

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Come and Meet Sally Fallon of P.A. Bowen Farmstead-March 16 at Cherish the Chesapeake!

March 7, 2013 1
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Great New Farm-Great New Local Products
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It’s Time to Plan your Vegetable Garden!

February 11, 2013 0
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First in a series about growing vegetables by Lisa Winters.
If you’re like me, you’ve been salivating over the seed packets that are starting to cover the walls of the garden center. I’ve …

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Follow Lisa’s Veg-Growing through the Year

January 30, 2013 0
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Gardeners, start your engines coz it’s time to start working on your kitchen garden for 2013 (a banner year, we hope)!  And this year we have a treat for our blog readers – our own …

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“Growing Food” Inspiration is Everywhere-Food Unites Us All

January 10, 2013 0
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Seasonal Cooking with Rita Calvert~The Local Cook 

‘Tis the time of year when growers and farmers have their annual gatherings since they aren’t out there tending their fields. My produce /flower catalogs are arriving …

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We wish for you a Sustainable, Open-minded, Spirited and Delicious 2013!

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Seasonal Cooking with Rita Calvert~The Local Cook
To get balance for the new year I paid a visit to Dr. Daohe Fang (rhymes with ong), acupuncturist, who was with oncology as a young …

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Books for Veg Gardeners (and Cooks, too)

December 3, 2012 0
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I’ve search the gardening world for favorite new veg-gardening books and have culled the list down to three highly recommended ones.  (And a similar list for books about ornamental gardening is coming next week.)  These …

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Unraveling the Mystery of the Cucumber Tendril

September 10, 2012 0
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Using speeded-up videos and mechanical replications of the common cucumber tendril, researchers have learned a lot about how it works – and shown how in this very cool …

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Tomato Fest Coming and Tomatoes Are Here Now!

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Seasonal Cooking with Rita Calvert~The Local Cook
Let the upcoming Tomato Festival August 22 at Homestead Gardens, Davidsonville be enough inspiration to tell you-It’s Time for all things TOMATO!

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Time to Plant Your Fall Crops

July 30, 2012 0
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Now’s the time to plant these fall crops from seed:
Crop                        Plant from now until  
Endive                       August 20
Kale                            August 10
Kohlrabi                    August 10
Leaf …

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How to Grow Fruit In Our Region & Some Great Performers To Choose From

March 28, 2012 0
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This month’s Golden Spades event was all about fruits, the growing of them and just a bit about cooking and eating them, because that’s the whole point, right?  Gene Sumi, Homestead’s education director (also known …

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Are you Growing Cool Weather Vegetables?

March 4, 2012 0

by Lisa Winters

If you missed my recent seminar on cool season vegetables, here’s a recap.

Many gardeners miss the opportunity to plant cool weather vegetables or plant them too late …

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The Kitchen Garden and Those Down and Dirty Questions

March 2, 2012 0

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Well now, we made it through a winter of mild temperatures and it feels grand to be heading into March with the LOCAL …

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