Q: When can I plant winter vegetables? I would also like to plant some cool-weather flowers (pansies).

As it turns out, a traditional Greek salad (Horiatiki) should never be served with lettuce. Here's why. The post Why lettuce ...

September is a bountiful time in a vegetable garden, and some may regard it as a period when the plot is winding down after the summer peak. The reality is that it is a fabulous time to sow crops and ...

It will soon be time to start planting many cool season crops. There are several reasons to plant a winter garden. Many crops actually taste better and grow best in cooler weather. Also, a winter ...

One principle of a good salad is that it's chock-full of the bites worth digging around for. So why not make a salad that's only treats? Go all in on the fruits and nuts. Skip the lettuce and the ...

We can grow some of our food inside our house here in winter. Lettuce and other greens are a good place to start. Some vegetables need the blazing hot sun of Michigan’s summer to produce nice food. A ...

And you thought it was too late to go self-sufficient! Happily, there are still a few different types of vegetables you can plant in August that will still give you produce this year. There really is ...

At the start of this year, I did some positive reframing of my self-flagellating resolutions and resolved to be nice to myself instead, by always having something healthy and comforting on hand to eat ...