This is an essential guide for any lovers of cooking. You don't need to struggle through recipe books to emulate your favorite cuisine - this graphic from Kit Stone shows you the minimum you need to make a dish taste completely exotic. Be sure to...
I absolutely LOVE fresh cilantro. Fresh salsa made with fresh tomatoes and cilantro are one of summer's best treats. What has happened in my garden is that the cilantro has started growing since spring and tomatoes are not ready until...
At the Bloomington Farmers Market you'll find fresh locally grown produce, flowers, meat, cheese, honey, berries, jams, honey, maple syrup, baked goods, pickles, coffee, smoothies, kettle corn, and unique works of art. So, if you're looking to...
Nothing says summer like fresh rhubarb!
Rhubarb pie, rhubarb & strawberry slushie, rhubarb bread - what can I say - my family is addicted to rhubarb!
My rhubarb plant was planted last year and I was surprised to learn that...
International Seeds Day took place in April. It aimed to educate the public on the hazardous effects of genetically modified foods on people’s health, as well as the dangerous impact they may have on organic and independent farming. As debates...
A Backyard Farm has two types of gardening plans, monthly consultation and weekly maintenance. For the weekly maintenance they come to your home on a weekly basis. During the visit they will weed, fertilize check for pests, plant and harvest. Then...
If you have your own organic garden, you may end up with more fruits and veggies that you can possibly eat before they start to go bad. The solution is either to give them away to friends, or start canning your own food! Canning can turn into a...
Everyone here at a Backyard Farm would like to wish you a happy 4th of July!
Colleen from A Backyard Farm shares the story of the raspberry bushes. My raspberries got planted last fall in hopes for a bountiful raspberry lot this summer - unfortunately the winter was very harsh and these little guys just didn't make...
Due to our cold, wet spring season, the growing season was delayed slightly, but finally you can start to anticipate picking a variety of berries throughout the state this month.
According to Beth O'Connor of Blueberry Fields, Gabe Knapton...
