Recipes

Recipes from the Garden: Spinach Pesto Green is delicious, healthy and easy! This is a great way to use up a bounty of garden greens. Pesto can be frozen in zip-top bags for later. Try swapping kale or arugula for the spinach. Pesto is wonderful stirred into freshly cooked pasta, smeared onto burgers and sandwiches […]

Recipes from a Garden: Garden Tomato Caprese Salad After a summer of toil, a gardener's great reward are THE best tomatoes in the world. We love this method as one of the best and easiest ways to highlight your homegrown tomatoes! -4 large tomatoes -1 pound fresh mozzarella - 6-8 fresh basil leaves, torn or […]

Both raspberries and rhubarb thrive in the Tetons. This pairing is a delicious way to showcase these seasonal delights. Serve plain, with vanilla ice cream or freshly whipped cream. Filling: 4 cups rhubarb, chopped 2 cups raspberries ½ cup sugar 2 tablespoons flour Topping: ¾ cup rolled oats ¾ cup brown sugar ½ cup flour […]

Simple Garden Salad Salad greens are so easy to grow and a great choice for beginning gardeners. There are countless varieties to choose from including seed mixes and single varieties. Homegrown greens save money, packaging and have amazing flavor. For best results, follow directions on the seed package. Water lightly and continue to keep seed […]

Early Native Americans traditionally planted corn, squash and beans together. These crops grew so well together that they became known as the Three Sisters. Here is a classic example of companion gardening where each plant helps another. The corn stalks provide a trellis for the beans to climb, the beans provide nitrogen for the corn […]

Feeling a bit hungry? Just walk out to your Snack Garden and pluck a few berries or veggies. These foods can be foraged right from your yard and require little or no chopping, washing, cooking or fuss. Snacks from the garden don’t come in plastic wrappers and are 100% healthy. The best part though is […]

This homey, comforting dessert is a great way to showcase home-grown or farmer’s market apples. Ingredients: ½ cup all-purpose flour ½ cup brown sugar ¾ cup old fashioned oats ½ tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon ½ cup butter, softened 8-10 apples, peeled, cored and sliced 1 tablespoon lemon juice Preheat oven to 375. Combine apples […]

Spinach is one of the easiest greens to grow, often providing local gardeners with a bountiful harvest through June. Spinach loves cool weather and will begin to bolt, or flower once the temperatures climb. It’s best to pick spinach before bolting for the best flavor. Here’s is a simple, healthy and tasty way to include […]

Garlic scapes are the flower stalks of garlic. Scapes grow in a curled fashion and have a little flower part at the tip. If you are growing garlic, remove the scapes for best bulb formation. If you are not growing garlic yourself, you may find these seasonal treasures at a local Farmer’s Markets or from […]

  Herbs are a great addition to a home garden. Combined with other flowers or in a spot of their own, these perennial herbs will perform reliably season after season. A sunny pot with decent soil good drainage is all they need. Not only can these be used in cooking, but they combine beautifully with […]