We're ready! Our patio was renovated this past winter and we are anxious to get it growing again. We were able to save our chives and oregano which are coming back nicely in their original pots. We...
This news report is from North Carolina, but I'm hearing the same in California. Demand for seed has increased, prices are climbing and there will be shortages in the spring. So plan ahead and b...
"Fancy a fireside chat with Orin about which seed catalogs he likes to peruse and what he considers when ordering seeds? This Zoom presentation will more likely be from his kitchen table where ...
" . . . The hope is that as more seeds go open-source it will help lead to a boom in the biodiversity of seeds again and leave future generations with more varieties of plants and food to enjoy (an...
From Food for Thought Ojai: " . . . Piccirillo’s passion for seeds resulted in a beautiful book she authored for elementary-school students explaining the how and why of seed saving, accompanied b...
While some of y'all have been obsessing about the hoarding of TP, https://www.chowhound.com/post/panic-buying-begun-area-grocery-stores-area-crazy-empty-1089590, others have been buying out seeds ...
Brick & mortar or online store? any recommendations?
I'm looking for bunch of seeds for my garden in Texas.please help me found a farmer market .Thanks
Always sad to read when a long time local food institution is closing down. Shut down is scheduled for May. LOMPOC VALLEY SEED & MILLING 1119 West Laurel Avenue Lompoc, CA 93436 805.736.2517...
“The native plants are just as much, or even a little bit more so, a part of Cherokee culture than are the crops. The native plants are harder to produce as we have to try and replicate an environm...
Every spring I visit my local farmers market and buy a variety of heirloom tomato plants for my garden: German Johnson, Pink Girl, Cherokee Purple... This year I'd like to add a plum tomato to the...
I have recently purchased a couple of pawpaw trees. We aren't talking papaya here, but the pawpaw that grows and produces fruit all the way up here in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I understand the...
My cilantro has bolted, as cilantro will do, and it's producing lots of seeds. I know I can wait 'til they're dry and either plant them or cook with them, but can I do anything with the "green" seeds?
So now I remember why it's been a few years since I last bought a fresh pomegranate. I enjoy the "surprise inside" experience of opening the fruit and getting the seeds out. But we don't particula...
I found a recipe which calls for both onions seeds and nigella seeds. I spoke to someone at an Indian market, and he said nigella seeds and onion seeds are the same thing. The research I've done on...
Even the excellent spice books , Spice and Herb Bible and Herbs and Spices, have no compassion/ prep tips for the home cook working with cardamom pods and seeds. I loooove cardamom. I add it to my...
I've recently been baking bread using both black and white sesame seeds. An earlier discussion here concluded that there's no difference in flavor, but I notice a distinct difference. The white...
I hear flax can do it also but must be ground, not ideal here in Thailand when I'm on the run (we don't have Whole foods here but we do have tons of convenience stores with small milk bottles and p...
What are nigela seeds which are in several otto Lenghi recipes, and are they worth finding and buying?
Dear community, I am currently studying for my PhD on product design, and thought it was a good idea to come up with something useful and innovative on the field of small kitchen appliances. ...