This Week's Bounty: 12 Edible Gift Ideas, Embracing Green Bean Casserole, Grow Lingonberries, Clean Terracotta Pots, and More!

Our weekly roundup of advice and tips for growing good food at home. [Food Gardening Network Weekly]( December 24, 2023  [Freebie Text-Ad]( [Plant the Perfect—and Productive—Food Garden Every Year!]( [GET THIS FREEBIE NOW!](  Featured Weekly Video [12 Edible Gift Ideas from Your Garden]( [Video]( There are so many tasty edible gift ideas you can make from your garden: hot sauces, jellies, herb blends, salad dressings, teas, you name it! You can infuse vodkas by simply adding herbs and vanilla, and letting them marinate for a few days. You can create a fancy salt mix by combining dried rosemary with flaked sea salt, or you could infuse olive oil! [Read More...](  [Herb Garden Planning Kit]( [FREE Printable Herb Garden Planning Kit!]( Download this kit when you join the Food Gardening Network Gold Club Membership: - How to grow an herb garden - How to design your herb garden plot. - 18 fresh-from-the-garden recipes! - Printable companion notecards, beautifully designed and easy to use! [Read More ...](  Growing Fruits & Berries [How to Grow Lingonberries and 3 Ways to Use Them]( [Article 1]( Whenever I hear about lingonberries, I’m teleported to the scene in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the O.G. film with Gene Wilder) where the kids are licking wallpaper. The snozzberries taste like snozzberries! Wallpaper licking aside, for some folks like me the lingonberry is a bit more on the fringe than the more popular cranberry or [blueberry](. For others, lingonberries are a long-time favorite with a rich history of delicious family recipes. Either way, if you want to grow lingonberries and use them in your cooking and baking, you’ve come to the right place! [Read More...](  [Blackberries]( [The Blackberry Heaven: All in One Gardening Guide is Available Now!]( Blackberries are so easy to grow, they grow wild all over the country. But in case you don’t have access to a convenient wild bush, in the Blackberry Heaven: All in One Gardening Guide, you get everything you need to know about growing your own. [Read More ...](  Container Gardening [How to Clean Terracotta Pots of Algae, Minerals, and Disease]( [Article 2]( Plants don’t just absorb nutrients from their environment; they actually filter them out too! That’s why we’re able to grow plants using manure, for instance. If you’ve inherited old pots from previous owners, you may be wondering what was used inside them before they were yours. [Read More...](  [Beets]( [Beautiful Beets Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Beets are the crown jewels of vegetables. Not only do they come in jewel tones of ruby and amber, but they are easy to grow and so nutritious! A cool weather crop, beets can be enjoyed from late spring into deep fall. Learn what it takes to add beets to your garden. We’ll explain how to choose the beets that are right for you, how to get them started, and how to enjoy them after harvest. [Read More ...](  Indoor Gardening [How to Clean a Hydroponic System Full of Algae]( [Article 3]( I’ll be the first to tell you that hydroponic gardening to [grow your own food at home]( is both ridiculously fun and frustrating. Just when you think you’re on auto-pilot, a batch of roots clogs a pipe and sends half your plants gasping for water and you don’t know until they’re laying there lifeless one morning. Or, or, or, that harmless green fuzz surrounding your sprouts is actually a glop of green goo suffocating roots below the surface that you hadn’t checked on in a while. That there is algae and the number one reason to know how to clean a hydroponic system. [Read More...](  [Basil]( [The Basil Grower's Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Basil is one of the most essential herbs and can be found in just about every kitchen. With The Basil Grower's Gardening Guide, you’ll have everything you need to know about growing and enjoying this versatile herb. [Read More ...](  Vegetable Gardening [3 Space-Saving Backyard Vegetable Garden Ideas]( [Article 4]( When it comes to a backyard vegetable garden, ideas are easy to come by. There are plenty of pictures of elaborate gardens with rows of sun-ripened [tomatoes]( entire sections devoted solely to peas, raised beds for root vegetables, and, of course, a fountain and seating area. We don’t all have gigantic yards, though. As nice as it would be to have row after row of heirloom tomatoes and cucumbers, it’s just not realistic when your backyard garden is a two-foot by four-foot rectangle between your driveway and the foundation of your house. [Read More...](  [Cilantro]( [Celebrate Cilantro Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Cilantro, or coriander, brings a distinctive flavor to many ethnic cuisines including Mexican, Thai, and Indian. But you don’t have to cross the border to have fresh cilantro—you can grow it in your garden or even indoors and enjoy this tasty herb year-round. Celebrate Cilantro Gardening Guide, includes all you need to know to grow cilantro and recipes for a fiesta of sweet and savory dishes. [Read More ...](  Vegetable Gardening [Embracing Green Bean Casserole: A Culinary Blend of Cultures]( [Article 5]( Growing up in California, my culinary roots were firmly planted in American soil, thanks to the Arkansas and Tennessee influences from my parents. On the flip side, my wife’s New England and Turkish heritage infuses her cooking with a Mediterranean flair. As you can imagine, when it comes to comfort food like green bean casserole, our approaches differ more than the miles between our family origins. [Read More...](  [Magazine]( [RecipeLion Magazine Winter 2023 Issue Available Now!]( Just in time for the Holidays! 32 Seasonal Recipes are waiting for you. You’ll discover 15 sensational savory recipes using root vegetables along with 7 healthy winter salads plus 10 palate-pleasing dessert recipes, Cozy up this season, explore the recipes, and enjoy these sweet and savory delights all winter long! [Read More ...](  Member Posts: New This Week - [The Best Eggnog Recipe Ever]( - [Spreading love, joy and warm chocolate chip cookies]( - [Nostalgic Comfort: Farm-Style Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes]( - [Seriously, what’s the deal with cranberries?]( Member Favorites - [The Best Weeding Tool for Your Vegetable Garden]( - [How to Make Homemade Fertilizer for Indoor Herbs]( - [Easy Composting at Home: 5 Ways to Compost from Hardest to Easiest]( - [The 5 Best Cold Frames According to Food Gardeners]( - [13 Deadly Vegetable Garden Pests]( - [10 of the Best Vegetables for Canning and Preserving]( - [How to Create a Living Wall Herb Garden Inside Your Home]( - [Peat-Free vs Peat-Based Compost: Which is Better?]( - [What is My USDA Planting Zone?]( Premium Recipes of the Week - [Pumpkin Sage Soup]( - [Candied Orange Peel]( - [Lemon Vinaigrette]( - [Chicken Breasts with Fresh Sage]( - [Orange Marmalade]( [GP]( [FREE for You Now: Printable Butterfly Garden Planting Chart!]( Download this FREEBIE now and get: - Beautiful full-color printable chart. - Which plants attract butterflies? - Best flowers for your garden. - Fun facts about each of the 24 plants. 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