• The Broadfork: Ultimate Gift for Gardeners

    Gardeners have lots of tools, but many home gardeners don’t know about the broadfork. Never heard of it? That’s too bad, because it has the...

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    Want a gift that keeps on giving? Give the gift of seeds! In this post, I’m sharing my seed selections for the beginning gardeners...

  • A Year in the Garden: One Ton of Fresh Food

    And why I’m not weighing harvests ever again… This month, Mother of a Hubbard passes a milestone — a year of sharing my four-season...

  • The Secret to Growing Beets: Five Tips for Success

    Do you have trouble growing beets? You’re not alone. Here are five tips for getting fresh-from-the-garden beets on your table. 1)   Thin Of all...

  • Welcome Back, Wasps! The Return of a Garden Friend

    If I were a wasp, I would be stinging mad! Those honeybees get all of the credit in the garden! Yesterday, I was delighted...

  • Five Myths about Food Safety and Home Gardens

    Reduce your risk of foodborne illness from homegrown foods   As both a medical school professor and someone with experience growing (and even engineering)...
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  • Cathy | January 25, 2013

    Got Tromboncino? Make Curried Winter Squash Soup!

    I grow many types of squash in my garden, but perhaps no other squash elicits quite so many...
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    Growing Fall Broccoli

    No offense Mrs. Seinfeld, but my children like broccoli, and I don’t have to hide it!   They...
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    Slugs taste like chocolate…

    To a duck. Eliot Coleman’s wonderful book, “Four-Season Harvest,” had come just in time. We had been considering...

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  • Cathy | December 5, 2015

    The Winter Garden: 250 Varieties of Cold Hardy Plants, Growing Strong!

      What do you get when you add 250 winter vegetable varieties + 20,000 square feet of Gro-Guard fabric...
  • Cathy | March 5, 2015

    The Garden Survives (Another) Record-Breaking Winter

    Go ahead… you can blame me for this winter. Again. I’ve already fessed up to you about last...
  • Cathy | February 2, 2015

    Is Clear Plastic Necessary? Success with Fabric Row Covers

    The groundhog saw his shadow today, but my garden and I don’t mind. What about you? Or is...
  • Cathy | January 19, 2015

    Growing School Gardens In Winter

    You’ve seen them before – those abandoned raised beds in a schoolyard near you. Once filled with tiny...
  • Cathy | December 21, 2014

    Calculating Your Garden’s Persephone Days

    What’s the most important factor that limits growth of vegetables in winter? You’d be right if you said...
  • Cathy | November 29, 2014

    Grow Your Own Powerhouse

    What two things do these 10 vegetables have in common? Watercress Chinese Cabbage Chard Beet greens Spinach Chicory...
  • Cathy | November 14, 2014

    Fabric or plastic? Choosing row cover

      Fabric, or plastic? That’s one of the most common questions that I receive about growing through the...
  • Cathy | October 27, 2014

    10 Vegetables More Cold-Hardy than Kale

    If you think winter gardening involves months of eating kale, think again. A wide variety of garden vegetables...
  • Cathy | September 12, 2014

    Winter Vegetable Planting Dates

    Do you know what you could be planting now, for eating in February? Or have you considered that some...
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    Cathy | September 3, 2014

    10 Reasons Why Low Tunnels Beat Cold Frames for Winter Gardening

    In my last post, I shared with you how it’s desiccation, not really cold temperatures per se, that...
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I am Wife to Pa Hubbard and Mother to two beautiful girls, ages 5 and 3. I am also a medical school professor, which ultimately allowed me to identify my family’s gluten intolerance issues, but has also influenced my interests in the food-body connection in numerous other ways. Prior to earning a Ph.D. in plant pathology from the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, I taught high school biology and was a seasonal park naturalist for many years. My experiences in medicine, agriculture, natural history, and teaching have all converged into the gardening and gluten-free living blog, Mother of a Hubbard. I hope you enjoy it!

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