5 Best Cold Frames, Eco-Friendly Slug Repellent, A Delicious Hug of Potato Soup, & When There are Ducks in the Garden

Start growing good food at home with daily advice, tips, and tricks from gardeners like you. [FGN Daily]( September 18, 2024 Enjoy this newsletter? Please forward it to your friends [Fall Calendar]( [FREE for You Now: Printable 2024 Fall Garden Planning Calendar Kit!]( Download this kit when you join the Food Gardening Network Gold Club: - Get checklists for garden tasks in September, October, November, and December—every month of Fall! - Prioritize your own garden with personal notes. - 8 fresh-from-the-garden Fall recipes! [Read More ...](   Garden Tools [The 5 Best Cold Frames According to Food Gardeners]( [The 5 Best Cold Frames According to Food Gardeners]( I have always been a bit of a lazy gardener. I love to plant things, and I love to take care of them and watch them grow. But sometimes by the time fall swings around, I decide to let everything else go to the chipmunks and the birds. 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With this Gardening Guide, you get all the details that go into growing and harvesting delicious, leafy lettuce. Get recipes that go beyond the salad bowl and see what’s possible when you grow your own lettuce. Get it all in this Leafy Lettuce Gardening Guide right now! [Read More ...](  Joy of Gardening [When There are Ducks in the Garden]( [When There are Ducks in the Garden]( Ducks in the garden? That’s not a common problem, I’d think. But then again, if you have a pond or lake near your garden, why wouldn’t it be? Ducks like fresh food too! And while you shouldn’t feed ducks human food like bread, they’ll stay perfectly healthy foraging for cherry and grape tomatoes in your garden, as long as they’re ripe! [Read More...]( [Magazine]( [RecipeLion Magazine Fall 2024 Issue Available Now!]( Dive into autumn with RecipeLion Magazine’s latest issue, featuring 32 harvest-inspired recipes. Explore 10 recipes From the 3 Sisters: Corn, Beans, and Squash, savor 8 Cozy Confections, and unearth 14 Root Delicacies. This collection of seasonal favorites will add warmth and flavor to your fall gatherings, celebrating the best of autumn's bounty. [Read More ...](  Easy Healthy Recipe of the Day [A Delicious Hug of Potato Soup for Your Soul]( [A Delicious Hug of Potato Soup for Your Soul]( Let me introduce you to your new cold-weather best friend. This isn’t just any potato soup – it’s a velvety, soul-warming hug in a bowl that will transport you straight back to your coziest childhood memories. [Read More...](  [Cookbook]( [This recipe is excerpted from Food Gardening Network’s Soups Cookbook:]( - You get more than 150 easy-to-make recipes! - Quick, easy-to-make & delicious bowls of soup! - Easy to bookmark as your “Favorite” to use again. - Print out and add to your recipe collection. [VIEW ENTIRE COOKBOOK NOW!](  Food Gardening Magazine | September 2024 [Overwintering Kale: From Frost to Feast]( [Overwintering Kale: From Frost to Feast]( Kale, the nutritional powerhouse of the garden, is not just a fair-weather friend. With its impressive cold tolerance, this leafy green can be a staple in your garden and on your plate year-round. [Read More...](  [Kale]( [Kale: The Queen of Greens Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Learn how to get started growing your own kale plants in our Queen of Greens Kale Gardening Guide! There is so much to do with delicious home-grown kale—smoothies, salad, stew, even kale chips! [Read More ...]( GreenPrints Magazine | September 2024 [Tessa the Garden Crusader]( [Tessa the Garden Crusader]( Determined to reap the benefits of kale’s nutritional prowess, Carole and I embarked on a gardening adventure, planting a Fall crop in containers on our deck. As August waned, we carefully sowed the seeds, nurturing them until they sprouted into promising little plants. [Read More...](  [Magazine]( [31 Absurdly Funny Gardening Tales]( The Blossoms & Blunders Story Collection is a carefully curated bouquet of the best-of-the-worst gardening humor. These tales were handpicked from decades of submissions to GreenPrints, and we’ve plucked the 31 funniest blooms just for you. [Read More ...]( RecipeLion Magazine | May/June 2022 [Double Pea and Feta Salad]( [Double Pea and Feta Salad]( This simple Double Pea and Feta Salad sings spring with a classic combo—peas and mint. The creamy, mildly briny feta cheese melds beautifully with the other flavors. [Read More...](  [Magazine]( [The GreenPrints American Recipes from the Garden]( Our American Recipe Collection is a celebration of the diverse and vibrant culinary landscape found across the United States. From childhood classics with a berrylicious twist to hearty Mediterranean lasagna planted in a garden's love, each recipe tells a story that resonates with the magic of travel, gardening, and the joy of cooking. [Read More ...]( Featured Kit [Introducing the Fall Garden Planning Calendar Kit]( [Introducing the Fall Garden Planning Calendar Kit]( You know, there’s something incredibly invigorating about fall gardening. It’s like getting a fresh start, a do-over after the summer heat. Many of us think the growing season winds down as the leaves change color, but here’s the secret: fall is when the garden can really come alive! It’s a chance to try new crops, experiment with cool-weather varieties, and extend your harvest well into the cooler months. 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