Foraging Paw Paws

Foraging Paw Paws

Paw Paws are a delicious native fruit that’s prized by foragers! In this article, you’ll learn how to ID paw paw (Asimina triloba) trees throughout the year, plus when to look for the fruit, and how to best harvest and store it. How to ID a Paw Paw Tree Paw paws are small, perennial understory…

How to Harvest Sunflower Seeds

How to Harvest Sunflower Seeds

Learn how to harvest sunflower seeds from your garden, plus how to save them for snacking, birdseed, or replanting in next year’s garden! When to Harvest Unlike many flowers, you don’t want your sunflower blooms to dry all the way up before collecting your seeds. Brown, dead, dry sunflowers have likely either dropped all their…

Grilled Corn Salad

Grilled Corn Salad

One of my favorite easy and healthy summer side dishes is grilled corn salad, loaded with veggies fresh from my garden! Here’s my simple take on that classic recipe, but keep in mind that corn salad is super flexible, so feel free to switch out or add in veggies, or try a different dressing to…

How to Grow Sunflowers from Seed

How to Grow Sunflowers from Seed

Learn how to plant, grow, and care for sunflowers in your garden! These cheerful flowers attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators to your garden, plus provide a food source for birds, small mammals, and humans too! Growing Sunflowers At a Glance: Here’s a quick reference list about growing sunflowers. More details can be found in…

Forager’s Jewelweed Spray

Forager’s Jewelweed Spray

This cooling jewelweed spray helps soothe the itch of poison ivy, poison oak, bug bites, and bee stings. If you enjoy foraging or exploring the outdoors during late summer, you’ve likely stumbled upon a patch of jewelweed before. Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) especially loves to grow on creek banks, or in areas where the soil is…

How to Can FRESH Pinto Beans

How to Can FRESH Pinto Beans

Learn how to pressure can fresh pinto beans picked right from your garden, or found seasonally at your local farmer’s market! A common way of canning pinto beans involves soaking and rehydrating store-bought dried beans. As a gardener who grows your own beans, you can just pick FRESH pinto beans out of your garden, shell…