By Sara Gasbarra Acclaimed Chicago pastry chef Leigh Omilinsky and I have been close friends for many years, our work and lives intersecting via Chicago’s restaurant industry where Leigh crafts beautiful (and delicious!) Italian-inspired pastries and desserts for Nico Osteria, and I build and tend culinary gardens for chefs and other hospitality clients with my full-service garden […]
I feel lucky that I get to grow things as part of my job as testing coordinator. Last year, I was asked to grow a variety of plants in the Gardener’s Revolution® Classic Tomato Planter. We wanted to grow something that would get very tall, to make sure our new tie-downs would keep the planter […]
[Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of three blog posts featuring excerpts from Lisa Steele’s book, Gardening with Chickens: Plans and Plants for You and Your Hens. Read the first post on Getting Started and the second post on Garden Pest Control.] There are three main ways chickens can help with composting […]
[Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of three blog posts featuring excerpts from Lisa Steele’s book, Gardening with Chickens: Plans and Plants for You and Your Hens. Read the first post on Getting Started and the third post on Making Compost.] As you’d expect, my first recommendation for controlling insect pests in your […]
[[Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of posts from Carrie Bettencourt about her backyard makeover. Read the first post describing the makeover project and second post on seed starting.] — Carrie Carrie has a passion for cooking using ingredients fresh from her garden and the abundant farmer’s markets in California. She’s learned […]
[Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of three blog posts featuring excerpts from Lisa Steele’s book, Gardening with Chickens: Plans and Plants for You and Your Hens. Read the second post on Garden Pest Control and the third post on Making Compost.] Chickens and gardening go hand in hand. A garden can […]
[Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of three posts from Carrie Bettencourt about her backyard makeover. Read the first post describing the makeover project. Read the about third post about installation day.] I am not an expert on seed starting, but I am a total convert to the process. So much so […]
[Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of three posts from Carrie Bettencourt about her backyard makeover. Read the second post on seed starting and the third post about installation day.] To start this story I have to start at the ending — otherwise all the crazy details might not mean so much. […]
