HeyJaredThe Beautiful Edible Garden
For people who want to celebrate life in a beautiful, edible garden, whether they have a garden or not.
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Thirsty Bees (opens the original)
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We are entering the dog days of summer in California. Beekeepers call this time in beekeeping “the dearth”. The dearth is when there is a lack of nectar and pollen available to the foraging bees as gardens are in the shoulder season and awaiting some fall rain. The bees are desperate and given the slightest whiff of honey can cause a feeding, robbing frenzy. During summer I try to inspect my hives early in the morning when there aren’t as many bees foraging. If bees from other colonies smell the
Salt Preserved Herbs (opens the original)
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I’m traveling this week, so I’m sharing a favorite project from my second book, Harvest: Unexpected Projects Using 47 Extraordinary Garden Plants — Salt-Preserved Herbs.The summer garden is a time of true abundance. The garden is so full of herbs & vegetables, that it is hard to imagine not having access to all of our favorites in just a few short months. But it will happen, fall is right around the corner. And if we are anything as edible gardeners, we are planners. Always thinking about what w
Preserving Tomatoes (opens the original)
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August is finally here, and with it, the true start of tomato season. We’ve been harvesting since July, handfuls tossed into salads, a few roasted for soup and pasta sauce but August is when the volume arrives in earnest.The cherries came first. For weeks it was just a few handfuls at a time, enough for a salad, a snack in the garden, a few to add to my morning eggs. Now I fill the entire harvest basket with them every other evening. ‘Sungold’ is the variety I grow every year, sweet and orange,
Nobody Wants to Talk about Kale in July (opens the original)
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Nobody wants to talk about kale in July. I understand this. The tomatoes are just now hitting their stride, and here I am, asking you to picture what you’ll be eating from the garden in November.But this is the strange math of a garden: the fall and winter table gets decided now, while the summer one is still growing.A note as you read: I’ve linked each variety below in case you want to start your own from seed now — there’s still time.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://s
July in the Beautiful Edible Garden (opens the original)
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July is a month of abundance — and a little bit of foresight. While tomatoes are starting to hit their stride and fruit trees are heavy with summer harvest, it’s also the moment to start laying the groundwork for a productive fall and winter garden. Here’s what we’re focused on this month.<div
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