Learn how to take rosemary cuttings from an established mother plant and grow new rosemary plants in containers that can be moved outside in summer and indoors in winter. Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a perennial herb in USDA Hardiness Zones 8 and warmer where it can be planted in the garden and can grow 4…
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Grilled Tomato Salsa Recipe
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This tomato salsa recipe adds delicious depth of flavor from grilling the vegetables. The flavors transform to a delightful blend of sweet, smoky char, with a spicy kick that makes you crave for more. I have been craving fresh, homemade tomato salsa all summer. The smaller tomatoes are just beginning to ripen, and I am…
Canning Dried Beans
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Pressure canning dried beans is a frugal way to add to your food storage. Reduce the sodium and chemicals found in commercially canned beans by canning your own. Beans are an inexpensive source of protein, and a great source of fiber, iron, vitamin B and C, and calcium. Having canned beans on hand makes it…
Growing Tomatoes: 10 Tips to Improve Your Tomato Harvest
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Whether you are growing tomatoes for salads, or to preserve into canned tomato sauce and salsa, these tips will help you improve your tomato harvest. Tomatoes are one of the most popular crops to grow in a home vegetable garden. They are often eaten raw in salads, sandwiches, and salsas. Tomatoes also can be simmered…
Homemade Garlic Powder
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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…
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….