Farm Life

Sometimes we get so caught up in filling our garden with red tomatoes that we forget there are other colours. No devoted gardener should ever resist trying orange, yellow, black and yes even green tomatoes that stay green or fade to a pale-olive colour when they’re ripe. Besides all this, there are long keeper tomatoes […] Read more

Best sauerkraut ever Here’s the old German sauerkraut recipe the Singing Gardener first printed in his January 12, 2009 Grainews column: For every five pounds of shredded cabbage placed in a large container, add 3-1/2 tablespoons of pickling salt. Toss well with clean hands to distribute salt throughout. Do not waver from the ratio of […] Read more