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If you live in Southwestern Connecticut, you have probably seen it: Mother’s Day plant sales popping up everywhere in early May. They are hard to resist—tables full of tomatoes, herbs, flowers, and everything you need to kick off your garden. We get it. You walk in for “just one plant”… and somehow leave with 27. […]

Cool & Warm Weather Crops: Planting the Right Crop at the Right Time Have you ever planted seeds in the ground only to wait 6 weeks for them to finally germinate? (meanwhile, the weeds pop up within days!) Or maybe you planted garlic in the spring and it came up with tiny cloves that were

Are you  wondering how to protect your precious veggies and flowers from critters this season? Maybe you had bad luck last year and the squirrels ate all of your tomatoes?  Or maybe a raccoon came and swiped up all your corn just as it was ripening?  Ugh! Critter-proofing your garden is not a one-solution-fits-all situation,

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET YOUR GARDEN STARTED DIRECT SEEDING VS. TRANSPLANTING The snow has melted, the weather is (slowly) warming, daylight hours are lengthening and it’s finally beginning to feel like spring! Many home gardeners wonder which crops are the most important to grow from transplant and which are best for growing

We know, keeping up with a vegetable garden can be hard, and sometimes, despite everyone’s best intentions, they can become an eyesore. We’ve all driven by our neighbor’s garden in September, waist-high with weeds and looking more like a jungle than a garden. It’s no wonder that most people hide their gardens behind the house

Happy May! As Mother’s Day approaches—the biggest week for plant sales in New England—gardeners everywhere are wondering: Is it finally safe to plant tender annuals outside? As professional growers, we feel the itch too. But this year, patience is more important than ever. This past winter was unusually harsh. Several weeks of sustained temperatures in

Strawberry beds use straw for winter mulch. Now you know where this little red berry gets its name. Strawberries are loaded with Vitamin C (149% daily value) and are a good source of Folate, Potassium, Manganese and dietary fiber. It’s hard to find a more glorious fruit than a strawberry at the height of the

Sometimes the best way to prepare your homegrown organic bounty is to do very little. What is better than a freshly picked juicy tomato served with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, a splash of vinegar and a pinch of freshly snipped basil? When your garden affords you the pick of the crop every

A Homefront Farmers organic garden can be beneficial in every season. Spring: It’s an edible landscape preparing to burst with shades of green, red, orange, lavender, gold and white that creates fresh inspiration every day. Summer: Reaping the harvest puts yard-to-table freshness at your fingertips for fresh produce picked right before dinner. Fall: Hearty root

Coleslaw’s more sophisticated cousin… The fresh flavor of your own homegrown root crops shines through with sweet beets and apples, tangy lemon, and earthy turnips and kale.  This is an excellent way to survive the cold days of a Fairfield County winter! Ingredients from the garden: 5 salad turnips, washed & greens stored for another