Toss These Foods in Your Oven While You’re Cooking Something Else
I use my air fryer more than my oven, mainly because I’m rarely feeding more than two people at a time, and heating up the Big Oven to cook a…
Layer Your Bulbs in Planters to Get Months of Flowers
Planters are fantastic: They’re mobile, easy to install anywhere, and come in different heights. If you plant bulbs in the planters, you get a great pop of color for a…
The Easiest Way to Get Garlic Smell Off Your Hands
Garlic stinks. But, hey, that’s why we love it so much. This pungent allium flavors sauces, intensifies condiments, and adds complexity to marinades, but it has a nasty habit of…
Plant These Vegetables This Fall to Harvest Next Spring
Fall in the garden is often thought of as a time for harvesting and putting it to bed for winter. In areas where temperatures during the winter get below freezing,…
Why You Should Order Your Spring Bulbs Right Now
The winter is long, dark, wet, and cold. When the first buds of spring flowers begin to pop in March, it’s like a hit of dopamine, giving us all hope…
You Should Roast a Whole Head of Garlic
Photo: PJjaruwan (Shutterstock) Garlic is great in any of its many forms but, like most plant parts, it is at its absolute best when roasted. Roasting garlic mellows its pungency…
The Best Vegetables to Grow in the Shade
Photo: elxeneize (Shutterstock) Gardens can vary in size, location, and the amount of sunlight they get each day. While most fruits and vegetables—especially those that produce flowers and fruits—do require…
It’s Time to Start Your Fall Garden
We’re still weeks away from my first summer tomato, and it feels like I just got all my tender summer starts and seeds in, but I know better: I can’t…
You Should Rub Raw Garlic on These Things
Raw garlic is a powerful, potent force that can be harnessed to create surprisingly subtle effects. One of the easiest ways to do this is to halve a raw, peeled…
The Right Way to Take a (Wild) Leek
Photo: kris larson (Shutterstock) It is ramp season, the season that propels even the most calm and reasonable eaters into a slight panic. Do not get me wrong; ramps are…