Straw, hay, grass clippings, or cardboard and compost: what to put on your beds before winter, and what to watch for.

Brian Huebner brought a crate of pawpaws to the store the day before Jill Weinberg taught pie crust in our kitchen. Both made me think about what gets lost when food is made to ship.

Red and green mustard, mizuna, Chinese cabbage and tatsoi: what each one tastes like and how to cook them.

Honeynut, kabocha, Koginut and Georgia Candy Roaster: where each came from and how to cook it.

Both hives died over winter and we didn’t order new bees. Wild ones moved in anyway. What goes on inside a hive.Both hives died over winter. We didn’t order new bees. Wild ones moved in anyway, and a look at what goes on inside the box.

A question at the building supply store, and what real food actually costs.

A Vermont family keeps more than 300 hives. Their raw wildflower honey is now on our shelves.

We pulled the tomatoes out of a greenhouse and put the winter greens in behind them. Here’s why, and what’s next.

A hornworm in the garden looks like a goner. Look at its back before you squish it. The tiny wasp that kills it is the reason we don’t spray.

August is the week to plan next year’s garden: cover crop the empty beds now, order the fruit and berry plants now, plant them in spring.

A new potato is any potato dug young. A fingerling is a shape. This week’s dig is both, and they fry up crisp in a hot pan with oil and salt.