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Click to join The Chinese Kitchen Garden Facebook Group where we talk growing, preparing, eating, cooking, using and enjoying Asian vegetables. I hope you learn a few things, ask questions ...

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The Chinese Kitchen Garden , just released by Timber Press, is now available everywhere.  Andrew Weidman, freelance writer and Grit blogger , read and provided this very thorough book review. Ho...

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Mother Earth Living is one of my favorite clean living magazines.  In the winter edition on newsstands now, you’ll see my article that features a “like this, try that” approach to exp...

http://www.greenishthumb.net/2016/12/interesting-vegetables-to-grow-this.html

If you're a gardening friend who appreciates quality reading, you likely have some Timber Press books on your bookshelf or night table.  Did you know Timber Press maintains a great blog wit...

http://www.greenishthumb.net/2016/12/my-interview-on-timber-press-blog.html

I won't wax poetically about heirloom seeds - mostly because some people can do it so much more passionately and expertly than I can, but in short, heirloom seeds - and the gardeners that pr...

http://www.greenishthumb.net/2016/10/heirloom-shantung-jade-squash.html

So the thing that happens when you neglect your much-loved garden for weeks, is when the weather cools, it stops thunderstorming, and you have a block of time to really do some work in there,...

http://www.greenishthumb.net/2016/09/mexican-bean-beetle-infestation.html

When my daughter goes to her ballet classes, I generally go for a long run/walk if it’s nice out, or I’ll read in my car if it’s not. However, before I developed these healthy habits, ...

http://www.greenishthumb.net/2016/08/homemade-fruit-leather.html

I should cross title this post “How to make garlic powder” because that’s the solution. As you see in the photo above, I had a great garlic harvest.  It just happened to be harvest...

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Poor, poor neglected blog... Here's the thing, when gardening and writing are 2 of your favorite pastimes (my blog friends know what I'm talking about), the urge to blog doesn't easily disapp...

http://www.greenishthumb.net/2016/07/heres-why-ive-been-quiet-ive-written.html

This squirrel sure seems to be enjoying the few raspberries I'm growing! I'm pretty sure this gorgeous, sleek, fat squirrel is partially responsible for my garden failures early this season....

http://www.greenishthumb.net/2016/07/how-to-keep-animals-from-digging-up.html

Tucked behind the big red barn in Derwood, Maryland is the Montgomery County Master Gardener Demonstration Garden.  I like to choose a quiet afternoon to visit this favorite spot of mine an...

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My sister and I grew up on these scallion pancakes - dense enough to carry us through those hungry hours between after school and dinnertime, yet intricate enough to be devoured crisp outer ...

http://www.greenishthumb.net/2016/01/how-to-make-chinese-scallion-pancakes.html

As you may know, I have a book coming out by Timber Press around December 2016. I can't wait for this book about growing and cooking Chinese vegetables to come out! Inside are all kinds of f...

http://www.greenishthumb.net/2015/10/hainanese-chicken-exclusive-secret.html

Roasted tomato sauce, ready when I need it. A great use for all those summer tomatoes! Like other backyard gardeners, I wait long weeks through most of the summer for those first ripe, sun-w...

http://www.greenishthumb.net/2015/08/roasted-tomato-sauce-recipe-and-bonus.html

About 10 years ago my father brought home a few white geese. A short while after that he drove hours to southern Virginia to pick up a pair of Chinese geese.These geese live a peaceful, good...

http://www.greenishthumb.net/2015/06/a-fateful-string-of-events.html

While I've been delighting in watching this chard growing in my windowboxes for the past few weeks, one day recently, my husband said to me, "Those are ugly flowers growing in the windowboxes...

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A new and small lemongrass plant in the back corner As a gardener with a limited area of prime, sunny gardening space, I'm always looking for open places to add edible plants and herbs.  I ...

http://www.greenishthumb.net/2015/05/how-to-grow-and-use-lemongrass.html

It's Garden Blogger's Bloom Day! While this is the first time I've participated in probably...years...(I've been a very very bad blogger), I'm thrilled that hundreds of garden bloggers around th...

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Fragrant and distinct, the classic tom yum kung soup is a perfect blend of the most common Thai herbs and vegetables, many of which you may be able to grow in your own backyard.  Don’t ha...

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Recently, I was a guest speaker at the Library of Congress. My talk was about how to grow and add microgreens to your diet.  After the talk, one gentleman asked me if one could add microgreens t...

http://www.greenishthumb.net/2015/03/microgreen-smoothie-recipes.html

My mom has always loved durian.  With a few good Asian supermarkets around us, she's able to taste her favorite fruit from time to time.  She would probably describe it as unique, rich, tropica...

http://www.greenishthumb.net/2014/12/durian-ice-cream.html

Many of you might know Niki Jabbour's bestselling book The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener .  Niki has followed up with a new book that is truly fantastic.   Appealing to newbie, experienced...

http://www.greenishthumb.net/2014/06/a-garden-book-youll-definitely-need-to.html

One of these days, I'm going to collect all the materials to build a thick and proper lasagna garden.  But for now, the goal is to do take some action so that my raised beds aren't a fallow...

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I have a lawn.  It's just not made of grass.  It's about 60 percent creeping charlie and 40 percent dandelions.  Though the yellow flowers are no doubt very pretty on a sunshiny spring da...

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It's been perhaps 6 years and the asparagus is ridiculously fat, very tender, and on rough days, makes me feel like a competent gardener! In my raised bed, I add a layer of manure in the very...

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