18 Shea Butter Benefits
Shea butter is the “superfood” for skin – rich in vitamins A, E and F, along with essential fatty acids and nutrients for healing while it moisturizes.
Entries by Stephen Scott
GrowHaus – Making Good Food Happen
GrowHaus is an indoor farm, marketplace and educational center in north Denver, CO. They live their motto of “Healthy food is a right, not a privilege.”
Forest Highlands Kitchen Garden
Discover how a kitchen garden works in a cold, challenging climate. This 29 year old garden was put back into growing vegetables for the kitchen in 2015.
Cover Crops – Better Soil in a Month
Cover crops – also called green manures – have improved soil for thousands of years. We look at what one month of growth provides in an average raised bed.
Fall Onions Made Easy
Growing fall onions usually comes down to one question – “What onions can be grown this fall?” Sweet onions are the safest bet, we’ll show you why!
Six Hour Caramelized Onions
Rich, slow-cooked caramelized onions are a simple treat. Charcoal grill roasting adds a smoky element to the sweet, complex flavors with only 3 ingredients.
Cover Crops FAQ
Our cover crops have created lots of questions about how to use them, so we’ve made this article a Q&A format for the most frequent questions.
Second Chance Gardening
Fall is the “Second Chance” for an abundant crop of cool season vegetables. We share some unique planting tips to make your garden a success!
Biting Insects Repellents You Can Grow
Biting insects are the bane of gardening – just when it’s perfect to enjoy the garden those annoying biting insects join the party. These 8 herbs will help!
Direct Sowing Your Garden Successfully
Direct sowing can be done almost any time of the year – spring, summer or fall.. Read how to avoid common problems and set yourself up for success!
Easy Seed Germination Testing at Home
Our easy and simple germination test shows whether your seeds are good or not with supplies in your kitchen. Stop guessing and know for sure!
Milk and Molasses – Magic for Your Garden
Do you know the magic of milk and molasses in improving your garden? Plain old milk is a miracle for plants, soil and compost. Molasses boosts the benefits!
Easy Herbed Mayonnaise in 30 Seconds
Real, traditional mayonnaise has only five simple ingredients but is rarely made fresh, which is truly a shame. Discover how to make fresh delicious mayonnaise in 30 seconds with our recipe, and don’t worry about running out of the store-bought stuff ever again!
Vine Peach – Ancient Melon of Many Uses
Vine Peach is a hardy, drought tolerant, prolific ancient baseball sized melon of many uses from shade & windbreak to secret cooking element & room perfume.
Easy Garden Ideas
A garden can be easy and simple, with food, flowers, butterflies or just a spot with beautiful colors and relaxing, invigorating scents to relax after work.
Heirloom Basil – So Much More Than Pesto
Basil is much more than an Italian herb for pasta sauce and pesto. From sacred uses to food, medicine and aroma, it’s easy to grow and highly beneficial.
How to Grow More from Your Same Garden Space
Growing more from the same garden space might seem impossible. We share a few proven and tested techniques perfect for today’s gardens, large or small.
Alpine Strawberries have a Sweet History
Alpine strawberries have captivated our taste buds for a very long time. They are tiny yet hugely flavorful ancestors of our common strawberry.
Papalo – Heat Loving Cilantro Alternative
Papalo is a fabulous, unknown, ancient Mexican herb you should be growing. A heat-loving cilantro alternative, its flavors are both bolder and more complex.
Achocha – the Unknown Cucumber Relative
Achocha is a delicious and unknown member of the cucumber family with almost complete immunity from the diseases and pests which attack other cucurbits.
Building a Recycled Growing Bed
A growing bed can be made from many materials, but when you factor in the ability to make a growing bed from recycled components, then the opportunities become almost limitless.
Seed Germination Observations
Seed germination is affected by several factors – moisture, temperature, light, soil and time. We look at a recent test we did and lessons learned.
Potting Soils – the Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Potting soils come in all shapes and sizes, but do those potting soils really work as advertised and contain healthy, wholesome ingredients to help your precious seedlings get that critical head start they need?
Are Seed Starting Mixes Worth Your Money?
Seed starting mixes can be confusing – what’s good and what’s junk? Is the extra expense worth it, or is the cheapest mix just as good? Let’s take a look!
Chile de Agua – An Unknown Heirloom Chile from Oaxaca
Discover the Chile de Agua, a delicious but unknown heirloom chile from Oaxaca, Mexico, grown for over 300 years.
Spiced Cauliflower Soup
Spiced cauliflower soup is an easy and delicious dish – a warming winter’s dinner but is also a cool and creamy summer’s lunch entreé or appetizer.
Steamed Spaghetti Squash with Pasta Sauce
Spaghetti squash is often overlooked by the home gardener as too plain or common. This is unfortunate as it makes for very tasty, quick and easy dinners.
Determinate and Indeterminate Tomatoes –What’s the Difference?
Are determinate tomatoes best for your garden, or would an indeterminate be better for you? How to tell, and what do the terms mean, exactly?
How to Use the Wishlist
The Wishlist is a great feature when browsing our online store, and we’ll show you exactly how to use it and get the most from it.
Heirloom Tomato Leaves – Potato Leaf vs Regular Leaf
Heirloom tomato leaves have two main different and distinct types of leaves – potato leaf and regular leaf. We’ll show you the differences!
Sicilian Eggplant and Tomato Sauce
This Sicilian eggplant and tomato sauce is wonderful and surprising with its richness and depth of flavors, both fresh and roasted. Easy and delicious!
September Garden Vegetables
We’ve taken some glamour shots of September garden vegetables and wanted to share them with you, along with tips on how we enjoy them in different dishes.
Easy Homemade Basil Pesto
Fresh, homemade basil pesto is one of the treasures of summer. Pesto is one that is very easy and quick to make, so come along and we’ll show you how!
Growing Quality Heirloom Chiles
Take a short trip with us to see what goes into growing quality heirloom chiles from a world-class breeder.
Lemon-Garlic Infused Olive Tapenade
We did this video in partnership with our local hospital about growing and cooking with herbs. Lemon-Garlic Infused Olive Tapenade makes use of them.
Succession Planting Made Easy – A Step-by-Step Guide for Every Garden
Transform your garden with succession planting. Learn how to create a continuous harvest of fresh vegetables, herbs, and flowers throughout the growing season.
Young Green Beans with Dijon Vinaigrette
Young Green Beans with Dijon Vinaigrette is a quick and simply delicious way to make them into a very memorable side dish that will be talked about!
Lemony Green Beans
Lemony Green beans are a welcome addition to the dinner table in the spring when they first arrive. Taste our unique and delicious take on them!
Controlling Bindweed in the Garden
Field bindweed is one of the most invasive and destructive weeds in cropland and gardens. Read why it grows and how improving soil fertility controls it.
Stopping Bermuda Grass in the Garden
Bermuda grass: love it or hate it – most people fall into one of the two camps; there doesn’t seem to be much in-between.
Heirloom Corn Types & Planting Tips
Heirloom corn is becoming popular as people taste the depths of flavors they offer. There is much more than just the sweet, fresh eating varieties!
Honey Pickled Jalapeños with Garlic
Pickled jalapeños and garlic have been favorites of ours for a couple of decades. See our newest twist with honey on this classic recipe!
Heirloom Watermelons – Size vs Flavor
With watermelons, both size and flavor matter. Heirloom watermelons grown at home will give the absolute best flavor and taste, regardless of size.
From The Range To The Garden
A short look at the foundation of Terroir Seeds with an article we wrote for Range Magazine in 1996 after attending a Public Rangelands Grazing Conference.
Successful Aquaponics Seed Starting
Successful Aquaponics Seed Starting is fairly simple, but there are a few basic things to know before getting started. Here’s how to start successfully.
Critters In The Garden Questions
We share some of the best ways our customers have found of keeping critters out of the garden and your heard-earned veggies!
Controlling Fungus Gnats in Seedlings
Fungus gnats are more a nuisance than a real problem in seedlings, but we’ll show why they show up, how to monitor and control them.
Damping off – Causes and Control
Damping-off is a soil borne fungal disease that can attack almost all young vegetable seedlings. We show simple methods to control and treat damping off.
Overwintering Cucamelons
Cucamelons can be overwintered as a perennial if they produce tubers in their roots. This technique gives earlier and larger harvests the second year.
Improve Lettuce Seed Germination
Lettuce seed won’t sprout in too warm soil, so it’s ideal for early and late season planting. We’ll show you when and how to plant for the best results!