5 simple season extenders for the home garden
Utilizing cold frames, row covers, bell covers, field hoop houses and cold-hardy crops are options for gardeners to extend the growing season.
Your food? It’s about to get ugly
Consumers are slowly becoming more willing to buy "ugly fruit," which are seconds or cull produce. And retailers are jumping on the bandwagon, says Editor Susan Crowell in her commentary.
Dinner Guest: My dad makes the best…
Since it's almost Father's Day, Annette Crowell credits her dad with teaching her cooking skills. Read more in Crowell's Dinner Guest post.
The self-sufficient gardener: How to save seed
Let’s not get so excited about harvesting vege crops that we forget to save seed for next season!
Supper Club brings friends together
Janet Cassidy shares her Supper Club idea — a way of entertaining and socializing with friends.
How to make homemade spice blends
Homemade spice blends make great gifts, and they inspire home cooks to try new recipes.
Here’s What’s Cooking in Kathi Hamilton’s Kitchen
Congratulations to our Week Two Reader's Kitchen Winner, Kathi Hamilton! Learn a little about our winner and get her featured recipes!
Here’s What’s Cooking in Rosalie Parker’s Kitchen
Congratulations to our Week Four Reader's Kitchen Winner, Rosalie Parker! Learn a little about our winner and get her featured recipes!
In whatever way you’re connected to agriculture, ‘thank you’
Pennsylvania's Secretary of Agriculture, Russell Redding, offers heartfelt thanks during this season of thanksgiving: 'Thank you for your commitment to agriculture, in whatever way you are connected.'
Southern Ohio FFA’ers addressing local hunger needs
Zane Trace FFA members are helping address local hunger needs, putting what they are learning in the classroom to work in their school and community.
