LoriBees Garden

My timing is perpetually off on this tomato series, as I should have put up this post back in November or December.  But there is still time...

I can't express how important soil is to a vegetable garden.  I've said before, you can't fertilize bad soil into good soil.  Yo...

I'm trying to think of a pest or disease I haven't contended with.  Okay, that's a little dramatic given this is California.  O...

There are four reasons I never leave tomatoes to fully ripen on the vine: If you've got critters such as mice, squirrels and birds, they...

One of my favorite quotes about vegetable gardening is something like, "It's often easier to learn to love what you can grow than i...

Friday was devoted to fast and easy refrigerator beets.  Today, I went full-homestead and processed a batch of cucumber pickle chips.   I...

I pulled in another crop of beets this morning and made what is now my official favorite pickled beet recipe.  Not only does this make delic...