“Why do you preserve food, albeit can, dehydrate, ferment or freeze?” This is the question I posed to several of my social media groups. I was blessed with a massive response. The list below comes from the passionate comments of 100’s folks that are part of Rebel...
We did it. This past spring season was an incredible experimental rollercoaster for my plant nursery, Victory Gardeners. We proved that the model of running a plant nursery from a suburban backyard could be done during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. For the...
Oh Boy, we are growing some great plants. We are going to offer some amazing heirlooms that you will not be able to find elsewhere. We worked hard to create a line up that covered all the bases from the best high yield local heirlooms to hard to find ethnic...
This story of how we saved the Ivan tomato is a great read. It helps to put the sets that lead to our journey into perspective. How did we take this tomato we loved and make it a tomato that can now be found in 46 states and 6 countries outside the USA. Discover the...
The Ivan Tomato Goes from Indiegogo to Farmers Market Saving the Ivan took many steps. In the last blog, I outlined how the team was put together for our first year. The next step was to figure out how to build a buzz for a tomato that hardly anyone knew existed. As...
Which Rock Star Plants should you grow to maximize your Garden Yield We all get so excited each winter when the seed catalogs start to arrive. I know not everyone grows from seeds and if you grow from starts you will be limited by what you can find locally. So, the...
