#kitchengarden — Public Fediverse posts

Gardens draw visitors from Eastern North Carolina | Features https://www.allforgardening.com/1934146/gardens-draw-visitors-from-eastern-north-carolina-features/ #agriculture #botany #CalendulaOfficinalis #EdiblePlants #flax #flower #garden #gardening #GardeningNorthCarolina #Herb #horticulture #KitchenGarden #NorthCarolina #plant #PlantAgriculture #plants #PlantsAndHumans #Tagetes #textile #Tomato #Vegetable

Kitchen Garden Celebrates One Year Since Opening https://www.allforgardening.com/1713000/kitchen-garden-celebrates-one-year-since-opening/ #DowntownStateCollege #garden #KitchenGarden #OnwardState #PennState #PSU #Resturaunts #StateCollege #students

Kitchen Garden serving Turkish food opens in State College, PA

Rolled Kadaif and baklava from Kitchen Garden in State College on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. Abby Drey [email protected] Officially opening for breakfast and lunch on Feb. 10 followi…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Breakfast #MediterraneanBreakfast #breakfast #kitchengarden #Mediterranean #newrestaurant #StateCollege #turkishfood
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2580401/kitchen-garden-serving-turkish-food-opens-in-state-college-pa/

#PortlandME - Posting for an early #SolarPunkSunday (event is Saturday, March 21st).

#KitchenGarden #SeedSwap

Mar 21 2026 Sat
Saturday, March 21, 2026
11:00am–12:00pm

Program Type: Other
Age Group: Adults (Ages 19+)

Event Details

"Calling all seed harvesters and kitchen gardeners! Join us at the #RivertonBranch for our first annual Kitchen Garden Seed Swap. Arrive with any labeled* seeds you'd like to share with your fellow gardeners and leave with what others bring to share. Come for the seeds, stay for the conversation (which we hope will be full of neighbor-to-neighbor tips for beginners and advanced gardeners and seed harvesters alike)!

*Please feel free to drop by the Riverton Branch any time we're open to pick up empty seed packets to fill with your own seeds before bringing them to the swap. If you use your own packets, please make sure to include the following information:

- Seed Type
- Date Collected
- Growing Notes (optional)
- Your name or initials (optional)

Also welcome at the swap are any seed-starting or gardening supplies in good condition that you would like to re-home. Any items left over at the end of the swap will be considered for our #LibraryOfThings or donated.

Leftover seeds will be used to seed our new Riverton Branch Seed Library."

Source:
https://portlandme.librarycalendar.com/event/kitchen-garden-seed-swap-9960

#MaineLibraries #SeedSwaps #BuildingCommunity #PortlandPublicLibrary #PPL #RivertonBranch #SeedLibraries #GardeningForPollinators #SeedExchange #SwapDontBuy #CircularEconomy #GardenToolsSwap

2025 gardening scorecard: self-replicating leafy greens

This year’s gardening season was easier than usual mainly because in some ways, 2024’s gardening season never ended: As spring rolled around, I was delighted to see that last fall’s arugula, spinach, parsley and even cilantro had somehow survived a winter with multiple snowfalls and sub-freezing days.

I don’t know why that happened this year but not in earlier years (see my recaps of 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011), but I appreciate that unearned benefit anyway.

Arugula: A+

My go-to leafy green remained undefeated for yet another year, providing sandwich fixings and delicious additions to a variety of other recipes–it’s great to throw into an omelette, a pan sauce, on top of pasta or even as a garnish for a pizza just out of the oven.

Herbs: A

I’m using to parsley doing well, but cilantro persisting through summer and fall was not what I expected; neither was cilantro briefly returning in the fall. Thyme thrived for a second year in a row, and I had more rosemary and sage from the pots on the back patio than I knew what to do with. Mint, however, suffered from my irregular watering.

Spinach: B+

This did immensely better in the spring than in the fall, even though I sowed a fresh set of seeds in the fall. I continue to endorse this as an entry-level kitchen-garden crop over lettuce because, like arugula, it’s useful for so much more than salads and sandwiches.

Peppers: B-

All credit here goes to my wife, who once again grew bell and jalapeño peppers in a planter in the driveway for some of our most cost-effective gardening. Those plants, however, were not as productive as in past years, even discounting the peppers that some of our local squirrels snacked on.

Lettuce: C

This was one of 2025’s gardening disappointments; like last year, I didn’t get much out of the plants that grew from the seeds I planted in the spring. That still represents a decent ROI when you look at what good lettuce costs at a farmer’s market, but I can’t help thinking of how much better this crop fared in earlier years.

Tomatoes: D-

Yet another year, yet another year of disappointment in my attempt to grow one of my native state’s signature crops. This is starting to look like an annual slow-motion, step-on-the-rake exercise in which most of the tomatoes I grow only start to ripen once we run into a period of drought or or travel prevents me from harvesting and enjoying the results. It’s frustrating, but of course I will try again next year.

#arugula #basil #bellPepper #cilantro #greens #homegrown #kitchenGarden #lettuce #locavore #Mint #parsley #rocketLettuce #spinach #thyme #tomato #tomatoes

Check out my article on how to grow, harvest and cook with chives and chive blossoms, the light purple, onion-flavored flowers that bloom every spring. 

https://glamorosicooks.com/how-to-grow-harvest-divide-chives/

Scroll through the piece to see Chive Blossom Pasta, Radish Toast with Chive Blossom Butter, and Chive Blossom Vinegar.

#AlliumSchoenoprasum #ChiveBlossoms #ChiveFlowers #ChiveBlossomButter #ChiveFlowerButter #CompoundButter #ChiveBlossomVinegar #ChiveFlowerVinegar #ChiveBlossomPasta #ChiveFlowerPasta #RadishToast #VegetarianRecipes #Potager #MyGarden #KitchenGarden #Gardening #UrbanGardening #UrbanFarming #EdibleFlowers #EdibleGardening #OrganicGardening #GardenToTable #Homegrown #GrowYourOwn #GYO #GardenersOfMastodon #GardeningMastodon #GlamorosiCooks

They are more than twice as small but also more than twice as sweet as regular strawberries. These wild strawberries are really something.

#WildStrawberries #HomeGardening #GrowYourOwnFood #OrganicGardening #GardenInspiration #GardenLife #GardenLove #GardenDesign #GreenThumb #GardenGoals #GardenersOfInstagram #PlantLover #GardeningCommunity #UrbanGardening #KitchenGarden #VegetableGarden #GardenHarvest #HealthyEating #GardenToTable #FreshProduce #HomegrownFood #clickandgrow @gardening