Welcome to The Wine Box Gardener Blog. Here, you'll find posts about Urban Gardening, Fresh Ingredients and Exploring Our Local World.
Garlic scapes are the flower stem of hardneck garlic that can be found in gardens and farmers markets this time of year. Learn how to make a flavorful pesto that is great on pizza and pasta.
Monarch butterfly populations are in severe decline. Their two-way migration is unique for butterflies, and pesticides, loss of habitat, and climate change may be driving them to extinction. Even as caterpillars, they’re vulnerable to birds and other elements, which is why some people have started raising them indoors. Learn more about their development, lifecycle, and how you can raise monarchs indoors to help the population.
Attracting pollinators such as bees and butterflies to your garden not only helps pollinate your vegetable plants, it can help rebuild habitats for fragile pollinator populations.
Gardening during stressful times can meet challenges, but none that can’t be solved.
This easy-to-make creamy tomato soup can be made with your own canned tomatoes or store-bought. Either way, the freshness of summer shines through in this recipe.
Ramps are foraged “wild leeks” and add bold flavor to any dish. Use them in spring if you can find them in your farmers market to make this delicious and easy quiche.
Make this tasty ramp pesto with the fresh-foraged flavors of spring ramps.
Cultivating mushrooms from a grow kit is fun, easy and offers delicious, immediate rewards. Give it a try!
This dish ushers in tihe flavors of spring. Healthy, green and fresh. Try it for your next side dish.
Whether you are starting your first garden or your fifth, good planning ahead can go a long way for a successful season. Use the Five Ws to help plan your garden.
Garlic is easy to grow and yields flavorful bulbs to use in cooking. Plant garlic in fall for a summer harvest.
Make the best of herb plants that have “gone to seed” by harvesting the seeds for a new life on your spice rack.
Learn how to dry tomatoes for a nutritious intense flavor that’s great on sandwiches, pastas and other dishes.
Fennel and seafood make a delicious and refreshing pairing. Mix up this easy salad for a burst of fresh flavor.
Growing fennel is both rewarding and easy. Use the bulb and fronds in recipes that take advantage of their delicious anise flavor.
Borage is a beautiful and beneficial plant that makes a good companion to other plants and its edible nature provides both beauty and purpose in your garden.
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In addition to being easy to grow, microgreens require no special equipment, virtually no space, and they pack a nutritional punch. In fact, recent research shows microgreens contain exponentially more nutrients than their mature versions. Learn how easy they are to grow.
