Subject: disPATCH: Midsummer Planting for Fall
disPATCH: Midsummer Planting for Fall
July 28th, 2019 at 5:00 am EDTSunday Greetings Gardener! We received 2 inches of rain last Tuesday. It was amazing and welcome! The 90 degree highs dropped to the upper 70’s and low 80’s and the lows fell into the 60’s. What a relief! Our garden is pumping out lots of toma ...
SURVEY: Results & Verdict
July 25th, 2019 at 5:00 am EDTTerrific Thursday Greetings! Well, the results are clear based on the responses of those who chose to participate in the survey. If you haven’t yet and would still like to, we’ll definitely incorporate your interests and preferences to the exten ...
SURVEY: Your Turn
July 23rd, 2019 at 5:00 am EDTDear Garden Friend, Since April, we’ve been sharing with you daily. Now, as we approach August, it’s a good time to evaluate how that’s working for you. Some people have written to say they’re enjoying this. Some have unsubscribed. We value y ...
SEEDLINGS: What vegetable belongs to this family?
July 22nd, 2019 at 5:00 am EDTGARDEN disPATCH: Growing Great Tomatoes
July 21st, 2019 at 5:00 am EDTSalsa Sunday, Gardener! The ides of summer are approaching… mid summer. Good news because they beckon a long-awaited tomato harvest. Already we’ve brought in some amazingly flavorful heirloom tomatoes like Cherokee Purple, Royal Hillbilly, and D ...
SNIPPET: Cucumber Water Benefits & Recipes
July 20th, 2019 at 5:00 am EDTHappy Saturday! Botanical Name: Cucumis sativus Cucumber in Spanish: Pepino The first time we had cucumber water was when we checked into a hotel for our first trip to Oregon. There was a lovely large urn at the front desk with cucumber and lemon fl ...
SNIPPET: Cukes and ‘maters and dill, oh my!
July 19th, 2019 at 5:00 am EDTFantastic Friday, Friend! We hope you are indeed having a fantastic day! By now we’re all probably swimming—or soon shall be—in cucumbers, tomatoes and dill. So here we’re sharing a few recipes for using these jewels, as well as some good-to- ...
SNIPPET: Cool Cooking Gadgets
July 18th, 2019 at 5:00 am EDTHappy Thursday! If you're just looking to use up extra veggies such as zucchini, spiralizers are a great chef’s friend. Spiralized zucchini recipes are the way to go for delicious pasta using healthy, low-cal veggie noodles. You can devour zoodles ...
SNIPPET: The Silver Doc!
July 17th, 2019 at 5:00 am EDTHappy Wednesday, Garden friend! Have you ever used colloidal silver for any ailment? We’ve always had it on hand to use for tooth aches, gum issues, and fighting off colds and flu but recently… we learned even more about the amazing benefits of ...
SNIPPET: Can you Can Can?
July 16th, 2019 at 5:00 am EDTTerrific Tuesday, Gardener! Coleman got back LATE last night, so we had our weekly movie night with my mom over tonight. Watched “Fast Colors”. Interesting! Before that, Coleman was in the garden tearing out the squash plants. Vine borer and no f ...