How to keep your lettuce bowl delightful in the heat of summer August 8, 2021Baby, it’s HOT outside! You wanna plant lettuce in your garden for fall harvests. But it’s August and it’s hot. Lettuce seed has a hard time germinating when the soil and weather is...
How to help those little plant babies survive heat and drought 🙌🏻 👊🏻 June 13, 2021Have you been experiencing heat and drought, like we have? Struggling to help those little plant babies survive these challenging conditions? This is the annual chore that-- for me, feels...
Transplanting Dakota Tears onion seedlings May 29, 2021TRANSPLANTING ONIONS Our onions are transplanted and growing beautifully! We usually transplant onions in mid-May; you can do it earlier, as onions are cold tolerant. To ensure healthy bulbs, rotate...
Time for the NEXT phase in your Garden Plan— Download your free Prairie Road Direct Seeding Planner! May 1, 2021Get ready, get set, SOW! As soon as the ground starts to warm up, it is time to start planting some of those cold tolerant crops. First up is radish,...
Let's eat! First 'spring green' meal from the garden, with recipe April 24, 2021This recipe celebrates Dakota Winter green onions, one of the first greens of spring and our Dakota Tears yellow storage onions. Add in MonDak Gold potatoes and Georgian Crystal garlic...
Making mulching choices for your garden's future fertility and ease of care April 10, 2021A couple of weeks ago I posted about how we prep our no-till garden for a new season. That generated questions, like, “Do you have any recommendations on where to get...