My must-grow plants for the home garden. Over the years of vegetable gardening in Minnesota, I’ve grown and experimented with many different plants. I’ve compiled a list of my all-time favorite vegetable and flower varieties from my backyard garden. These are the plants I love and grow season after season because of their flavor, productivity, disease resilience, and, of course, beauty and charm in the garden. My kitchen garden wouldn’t be complete without these staple plants.

A garden scrapbook as we close out 2023: the vegetable harvests, best views, beautiful flowers, and DIY garden projects recapping this year’s garden season. I can’t wait for next year and all the harvests to come.

The restlessness for spring to arrive has begun. Here are my most watched and read; what I go to when I’m feeling the effects of winter and need a creative boost for the spring garden. Three books, three podcasts, three online classes, and three youtube channels I've been obsessed with, are fueling my life right now.