This Week's Bounty: Decorate Jam Jars, Fermenting Compost, 8 Recipes for a Garden-to-Table Holiday Dinner, and More!

Our weekly roundup of advice and tips for growing good food at home. [Food Gardening Network Weekly]( December 11, 2022  Enjoy this newsletter? Please forward it to your friends Featured Weekly Video [8 Recipes for a Garden-to-Table Holiday Dinner]( [8 Recipes for a Garden-to-Table Holiday Dinner]( Doesn’t the idea of having all the ingredients you need (or at least most of them) for a big holiday dinner sound like fun? No more elbowing around the farmers market at the last minute hoping to find honeynut squash, or buying plastic-packaged herbs for your turkey? That sounds like a fine way to spend the holidays, indeed! [Read More...](  [Magazine Issue]( [December 2022 Issue Available Now!]( Get in-depth articles and videos, including “8 Recipes for a Garden-to-Table Holiday Dinner”, “9 Crafty Gifts You Can Make From Your Garden”, “12 Edible Gifts Ideas From Your Garden”, and “How to Keep Gardening in December”. Enjoy tips, advice, and some quick-and-easy tasty recipes! [Read More ...](  Growing Fruits & Berries [How to Grow Grafted Fruit Trees to Increase Variety in Your Garden]( [How to Grow Grafted Fruit Trees to Increase Variety in Your Garden]( Before I get into all the reasons grafted fruit trees are a good option for your garden, I’d like to talk about comic books. In the late 1970s, DC Comics introduced a high school student, Ronnie Raymond, and a decorated physicist, Dr. Martin Stein. During a nuclear accident, the two became fused, creating the powerful metahuman, Firestorm. [Read More...](  [Cherries]( [All Things Cherry Gardening Guide Available Now!]( They’re sweet and beautiful and have a shade of bright red named for them—they’re cherries! What’s more, cherry trees are lovely in the landscape even when they’re not producing fruit, and you can learn all there is to know about growing and eating them in our All Things Cherry Gardening Guide! [Read More ...](  Food Preservation [How to Decorate Jam Jars for Holiday Gift Giving]( [How to Decorate Jam Jars for Holiday Gift Giving]( Throughout the year, as different fruits come into season, I make a fair share of jams—strawberry, peach, blueberry, blackberry, and so on. There are several reasons I enjoy doing this, but one of the things I really love is giving these jams and preserves as gifts. Recently, to fancy them up a bit, I decided to decorate the jam jars before I gave them out. [Read More...](  [Scallions]( [The Super Scrumptious Scallion Guide Available Now!]( Scallions are one of the easiest and tastiest vegetables to grow, and they’ll even get along well with other salad vegetables! With The Super Scrumptious Scallion Guide, you’ll have everything you need to know about growing and enjoying this delicious, versatile cousin in the onion family. [Read More ...](  Vegetable Gardening [7 Perennial Vegetables You Can Plant and Harvest Forever]( [7 Perennial Vegetables You Can Plant and Harvest Forever]( The first time I planted an herb garden and saw my chives, [sage]( and [thyme]( grow back in the second year, I jumped to wondering what other kinds of herbs and [vegetables regrow]( a second season and beyond. Living in New England, even perennial herbs like [rosemary]( are considered “tender perennials” depending on how harsh your winter gets, so could there be perennial vegetables that differ in their perennial-ness, too? [Read More...](  [Asparagus]( [Asparagus—King of the Garden Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Want a home garden crop that will produce delicious, nutritious, stately vegetables for decades? Then plant asparagus. You’ll need a little patience at first, but once established, asparagus will reward you for years to come. With the Asparagus—King of the Garden Gardening Guide, you’ll have everything you need to know about growing and enjoying this versatile food. [Read More ...](  Composting [5 Benefits of Fermenting Compost for Your Garden]( [5 Benefits of Fermenting Compost for Your Garden]( Compost, that black gold of the garden, has a very intriguing inner life. Bacteria, fungi, microorganisms, chemical reactions, and fascinating transformations are all present in the midst of our compost pile. The most common way is through an aerobic process, meaning with oxygen. But there’s another way to get that super-rich source of garden nutrients: fermenting compost. [Read More...](  [Strawberries]( [The All-Strawberry Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Strawberries are among the most popular home crops, growing everywhere from hanging pots to open land gardens. With this All-Strawberry Gardening Guide, you can get all the details that go into raising delicious, sweet berries of your own. [Read More ...](  Garden Tools [12 Cool Gardening Tools and Gifts for the Plant Lover in Your Life]( [12 Cool Gardening Tools and Gifts for the Plant Lover in Your Life]( Gift giving for the plant lover in your life can be tricky, especially if you think they already have everything they need. Imagine your loved one opening a holiday or birthday gift with excitement and anticipation, only to unveil a 20 pound bag of [potting soil](. [Read More...](  [Magazine Issue]( [Recipe Lion Magazine Nov/Dec 2022 Issue Available Now!]( In this issue, you’ll delight in 40 Holiday Sweets for Gatherings and Gifting. You’ll discover our Pie Table Favorites like Mini Pumpkin Pies and Cranberry Pecan Lattice Pie. We also share 12 Cheerful Holiday Cookies like Chewy Maple Sugar Cookies and First Snow Cookies. You’ll also enjoy Perfect Pot Luck Desserts like Ho-Ho-Ho-liday Cinnamon Rolls and Melty Mint Bark. Explore the issue now and get cooking! [Read More ...](  Member Favorites - [5 of the Quickest Vegetables to Grow All Year Round]( - [How to Prevent Moldy Soil in Container Gardens]( - [How to Avoid Salmonella in Compost]( - [Is Cow Manure Fertilizer Safe for Vegetable Gardens?]( - [7 Fantastically Unique Vegetable Garden Ideas]( - [How to Create a 3 Bin Compost System with Recycled Materials]( - [How to Repel Rabbits from Plants]( - [5 Mistakes to Avoid When Adding Manure to Garden Beds]( - [How to Create an Aquaponic Herb Garden with Mason Jars]( Premium Recipes of the Week - [Garlic Aioli]( - [Garlic Balsamic Vinaigrette]( - [Roasted Garlic]( - [Greek Lemon Potatoes]( - [Candied Meyer Lemons]( [’Tis the Giving Season: Give a Gift, Get a Gift Now! 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