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Ever wonder how to take your enjoyment of food to a new level? The answer might be a major shift in your food lifestyle to embrace seasonal eating.
Until college, a tomato was a tomato to me. It certainly wasn’t a food I would ever want to bite into all by itself. You pick them up any ol’ time of year at the grocery store to add texture to sandwiches or burgers and they all taste the same, right? Wrong! There are thousands of varieties of tomatoes and a fresh local tomato is in a different ballpark from the flavorless produce stocked in grocery stores…Read the rest
Hi Haley! Love your blog–you are definitely inspiring me to investigate urban gardening! Quick question: do you have any book recommendations for raised bed gardening geared towards a complete beginner? The amount of resources available are pretty overwhelming so I would love to start with a suggested title! Thanks!!
Aw, thanks, Megan! I’ll ask Daniel (my husband is the real gardener around these parts) which book he recommends. I think we have the title that Molly suggested below so I’ll ask his thoughts on it
Ohh Haley sounds like you need to add canning to your repetoire soon! It might not be fresh whole tomatoes, but you could can a couple quarts of stewed tomatoes or tomato sauce in season!
p.s. Megan – What about Mel Barthlolomew’s “Square Foot Gardening” Books?
I know! I really need to learn. Daniel actually got all the stuff for it at the store the other day. Being the more adventurous spouse, he’ll probably try it before I do