Source - Portland Press Herald

Green Plate Special: Eat your water

by Christine Burns Rudalevige August 14, 2022May 14, 2026

Parched? Eating foods with a high water content is a smart way to stay hydrated in the August heat.

by Tom Atwell August 14, 2022August 13, 2022

If you don’t know the indigo cherry, you are in for a happy surprise. They’re bountiful, easy to grow and mighty nice to eat, too.

by Christine Burns Rudalevige August 8, 2022May 14, 2026

Here’s how make use of the whole heads of fresh, fresh garlic, including the skins.

by Tom Atwell August 7, 2022August 6, 2022

Keeping weeds from going to seed and always having a trowel on hand are starters.

by Tom Atwell July 31, 2022July 30, 2022

This week it was the berries on the potato plants. You read that right: potato berries.

by Christine Burns Rudalevige July 31, 2022May 14, 2026

Try labne as a spread with bread and olive oil or in an Israeli couscous salad.

by Christine Burns Rudalevige July 24, 2022May 14, 2026

Use edible flowers to add whimsy, flavor, texture and dimension to your meals, fancy or not.

by Tom Atwell July 24, 2022July 23, 2022

Cindy Tibbetts, of Hummingbird Farm, has expanded the varieties of clematis vines she sells and propagates.

by Christine Burns Rudalevige July 17, 2022May 14, 2026

Sure, preserving them for later is good. But don’t neglect the pleasure of eating fresh local tomatoes every day while the season lasts.

by Tom Atwell July 17, 2022July 16, 2022

Columnist Tom Atwell tells us how his garden grows.