(image) Got a plant problem? Maybe I can help! Shoot an email to spadespatula@gmail.com. This week’s question: late-season strawberries… Green Strawberries in October The Q: Dear Spade & Spatula, My strawberry plants still have a lot of green strawberries on them, but it’s getting cold in Minnesota. Can I bring them inside? Will they mind being [Read more]
Archive for October, 2011
Homemade Concord Grape Juice, and What to Do With It
If you think the concoction in the photo above looks tasty. You’d only be half right. It was downright life-alteringly tasty. Now, I know I’m prone to exaggeration every now and then, but seriously, just try combining homemade Concord grape juice with sparkling water and a little simple syrup, and I promise you, your approach [Read more]
The Off-the-Beaten-Track Grape Guide and 3 Easy Recipes
If you’ve been to your local farmer’s market recently you’ll no doubt have been luxuriating in the wonderfully musky and candy-sweet scent emanating from just-harvested local grapes. Grapes that put their generic, bland grocery-store cousins to shame. When I was down at Union Square green market last week, it seemed as if every bee within [Read more]
This Week in the Garden
This week, those crazy, calendar-defiant lilacs of mine are blooming even more boldly than before. My snapdragons have also returned for a fall display. I’ve still got peppers, tomatoes, and new green beans, and my little carrots are finally ready for pulling. And maybe most exciting of all, I’ve got moon flowers on the way! [Read more]