Tag Archive: harvest

Farm To Table: Delicious Slow-Roasted Tomato Sauce

Catherine Sherriffs

The beauty of growing many tomato plants is that you experiment with different varieties and have a consistent crop throughout the season. But when dozens ripen all at once, you need a plan. This delicious roasted tomato sauce is perfect for pasta on colder days and freezes well so you can enjoy fresh tomatoes all…

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COVID-19: A Planetary Reset Button?

“May you live in interesting times” is a phrase I have read more lately than ever before. Said to be an ancient Chinese curse (published in my adopted county’s own Yorkshire Post), it implies that ‘uninteresting’ times are peaceful and tranquil, while the ‘interesting’ ones are those of troubles. Indeed, these days are interesting. Nothing…
April 17, 2020
Martyna Król

The 7 Deadly Sins of Growing

This article originally appeared in Garden Culture Magazine UK32 & US30. Many of us are familiar with the seven deadly sins. First outlined by Pope Gregory the Great in the sixth century, they are vices or negative character qualities that, if left unchecked, will result in a host of other sins and eventually kill a…
January 17, 2020
Rich Hamilton

Straw Bale Garden Potatoes

There they are – straw bale garden potatoes, which at first sight are amazingly clean compared to tubers grown in the ground. The first bale out of seven harvested was disappointing. Almost every potato had developed deep cracks long before the plants started dying back, and all of what had been attached to one plant’s…
October 2, 2015
Tammy Clayton