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Add mixtures of herbs and spices to your homemade goat cheese, and create signature flavored goat cheeses for each season. In our new video on making goat cheese Tricia starts off by milking the goats…
The 2 minute video below explains why we at Peaceful Valley support Yes on 37, to label food that contains GMOs. * The California proposition is not a ban on GMOs, but it adds GMOs to the labeled ingredients—just…
In our video on making cider, Tricia shows how to crush apples with our crusher to create pomace, and then extract cider from the pomace. What to do with that leftover pomace, full of apple skins, pulp,…
Do you have a favorite apple? Would you like to make your own apple cider with your favorite apple as the only ingredient? Surprisingly, that would not taste very good. Create the best apple cider with…
If you’re deep into permaculture you know about hugelkultur. If hugelkultur makes you say, Who?, then say hello to an easy composting method. Hugelkultur (HOO-gull-cull-toor) is a German word for…
The giveaways are over, but you can find great garlic recipes and garlic growing info at the blogs listed below. Shallots too! Timing tips: * Best time to plant garlic? After the first frost…
Grow the Saffron Crocus (Crocus sativa) in a sunny spot in your garden—and harvest your own saffron in the fall! The saffron will be at its best if you harvest it the first day the flowers open.…
Why do we plant bulbs? So they’ll bloom! What makes bulbs bloom? Phosphorus. Phosphorus is the P in the N-P-K numbers on fertilizers. Phosphorus is a little bit sneaky though—and we’ll…
We can’t all go to the Netherlands in the springtime, but we can create smaller versions of the famous Dutch bulb gardens—even in one container. Layer different bulbs in one container, with…
Warm up your cold frame with help from your friendly neighborhood horse. Horse manure will raise the temperature in a cold frame, and our automatic vent openers will keep the cold frame from over-heating.…
Someone’s in the kitchen with garden writers Margaret Roach and Gayla Trail— It’s harvest time and we’re crazed canners (and freezers and dryers). Roll up your sleeves, wipe down…
Wildfires are racing through the West this summer and gardeners are looking at their yards, wondering how many of their trees and plants are fire-resistant. In our new video about fire safety, Tricia explains…
Canning green and wax beans together makes a beautiful jar for a gift, or your pantry, and an appetizing dish to serve. Wax beans and green beans are in the same family, so the processing time will be…
Welcome to Advanced Canning, with a pressure canner instead of a water bath. In our latest video, Tricia cans green beans with a pressure canner. Let’s run through some basics of when and how to…
What’s the biggest money saver in organic gardening? Cover crops. By planting a cover crop in the fall you can save big bucks on fertilizer. How big? If you have a 50-foot x 60-foot garden you can…
Do you suffer from Fear of Canning? Sherri Brooks Vinton has the cure. Watch our interview with Sherri to get the good news. In a conversation with our Marketing Manager, Autumn Barr, Sherri offers the…
Nothing like learning from the best—Debra Lee Baldwin taught us new tricks for growing tender succulents. Of course Debra would know—she’s the famed “Queen of Succulents”…
Cook up your own FAST, high-quality compost and either use it immediately in your garden, or brew it for a great compost tea. Compost is one of the cornerstones of organic gardening and we have loads of…
Everyone tells you to mulch your vegetable garden—but exactly how should you choose a mulch? In…
Most cover crops are planted in late summer, but there are some cover crop seed mixes that can go in…
