Make your own garlic powder by dehydrating and grinding garlic cloves. If you grow garlic or purchase in bulk and still have an abundance in storage come spring, it may be worth the effort to turn the excess into garlic powder before the cloves go bad. Having garlic powder in your kitchen spice cabinet can be…
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How to Grow Potatoes in Containers
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If you don’t have the room in your garden to plant potatoes or even if you have no garden at all, you can grow potatoes in containers. Here are some tips for growing potatoes in pots, grow bags, and buckets. There is nothing like the flavor of freshly dug potatoes. Potatoes are easy to grow…
Planting Spring Garlic
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Missed your chance to plant garlic last fall? Has your winter storage garlic sprouted? Try planting spring garlic. You may not get large cloves, but you can still enjoy the mild flavor of green garlic. Garlic is normally planted in the fall for larger bulbs. Once planted, the garlic begins growing roots, and then goes…
Soil Blocks to Grow Seedlings
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A soil block is a cube of lightly compressed soil and nutrients that will grow one seedling. When the plant is ready to be transplanted, the entire block is planted into the soil. No root mangling will reduce transplant shock. When I first began gardening, I purchased transplants from a local nursery and had a…
Grow a Good Life’s Top 10 Posts of 2017
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Your favorite articles about growing an organic vegetable garden, preserving the harvest, and enjoying garden fresh recipes! Thank you for being a part of the Grow a Good Life community. It’s fun to look back over the year and see the posts you enjoyed the most. The end of the year is a good time…
Roasted Red Jalapeño Hot Sauce Recipe
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Do you love adding little heat to your food? Then try this mildly spiced roasted red jalapeño hot sauce recipe. Each year, I am amazed at how quickly the seasons change from summer to fall. We held on to warm temperatures into early October this year as remnants of hurricanes brought humid weather our way….
Canning Crushed or Diced Tomatoes
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Canning your own diced tomatoes is an easy way to preserve an abundance of ripe tomatoes quickly. Canned tomatoes are handy to use in chilies, soups, stews, and casseroles. My goal each year is to grow enough tomatoes to preserve tomato sauce and salsa to last us a year. Since we have a short growing…
Fresh Summer Tomato Sauce
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This summer tomato sauce recipe combines vine-ripened tomatoes with onions, garlic and fresh Italian herbs. It is a classic marinara sauce that comes together in about an hour. Although I love having jars of homemade tomato sauce in storage to enjoy through the year, there is nothing like the flavor of freshly harvested, sun-ripened tomatoes….
Tomato Salsa Recipe for Canning
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This tomato salsa recipe for canning is packed with tomato, peppers, onions, and just enough spicy tingle to tickle your taste buds. Open a jar any time and enjoy with tortilla chips or with your favorite Mexican inspired meals. Many of us begin a vegetable garden with dreams of preserving the harvest dancing in our…
Roasted Tomatillo Salsa (Salsa Verde)
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This simple roasted tomatillo salsa recipe is easy to make. Roasting the vegetables adds a delicious smoky flavor and mellows the acidity of the tomatillos. Enjoy this salsa verde with your favorite Mexican dishes. Until recently, the only Mexican green sauce I have tasted has been out of a jar or in an authentic Mexican…