Dig It! Garden Blog

What makes this coffee cake so special is its use of Kernza, a perennial wheat from The Land Institute, a Kansas-based nonprofit organization focused on developing perennial grains and diverse, ecological cropping systems. According to…

I am very fond of most any flower that is currently in bloom, but if I had to live the remainder of my life on a desert island and could only bring one plant with…

There’s something about these shorter, cooler days as the season winds down that makes you wish you could hold onto just a little bit of summer for later—for the more extreme months, for the harder…

I always imagine what our new Learning Apiary must look like to visitors—walking up to it for the first time, it almost looks like a garden picture with a beautiful apiary in the middle. But…

Did you know that Labor Day is when beekeepers begin extracting their fall honey? Let’s start from the beginning with how bees make honey. It all begins at the flower—flowers produce nectar as a reward…

I grew up in a small town in New Hampshire and spent lots of time outside and amongst plants, learning to tend and grow plants through work in our large family garden. While in the…

Before I begin waxing rhapsodic on goldenrod (Solidago spp.), let’s get one myth buried: goldenrod is not the culprit behind the agony of late-season allergies. Though goldenrod takes the brunt of the blame, it’s an…

Check out the Gardens’ Dig It! blog for more of my favorite road trips, perfect for an individual, a couple, or a small family. Every destination is within a 1-2 hour’s drive and can be…