https://thewoksoflife.com/category/how-to/garden-farm/ a culinary genealogy Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:05:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://thewoksoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-TWOL-favicon-4-32x32.png https://thewoksoflife.com/category/how-to/garden-farm/ 32 32 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-watercress/ https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-watercress/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:53:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76221 Welcome to our How to Grow Chinese Vegetables series. It’s the last post of the 2023 growing season, and we’re talking about how to grow watercress, or xīyáng cài (Mandarin)/sai yeung choy (Cantonese) – 西洋菜. My dad used to pick wild watercress with his family in the streams and brooks near where he grew up ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-watercress/feed/ 12 https://thewoksoflife.com/farm-update-fall-2023/ https://thewoksoflife.com/farm-update-fall-2023/#comments Sun, 19 Nov 2023 08:17:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=77630 Welcome to our latest farm update! Somehow, we’re again at the end of another growing season at our farm (well—our “working mini-farm,” if we’re being technical about it).  In between writing about food and showing how to cook it, we continue in our valiant efforts to grow it, too. It’s been another year of experimenting ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/farm-update-fall-2023/feed/ 43 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-kabocha-squash/ https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-kabocha-squash/#comments Thu, 26 Oct 2023 07:27:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76674 Kabocha squash is one of our favorite squashes/pumpkins to enjoy in the fall! It has a lovely texture—almost like a cross between butternut squash and chestnuts. The skin is also edible, so you don’t have to peel it. Let’s talk about how to grow Kabocha Squash in your garden. This post is part of our How ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-kabocha-squash/feed/ 6 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-choy-sum-yu-choy/ https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-choy-sum-yu-choy/#comments Fri, 29 Sep 2023 05:31:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76153 Welcome to our How to Grow Chinese Vegetables series: Choy Sum edition! In this post, we’ll talk about how to grow choy sum or cài xīn (菜心), AKA yu choy or yóucài (油菜). We have professional insights from Christina Chan, farmer and owner of Choy Division, a regenerative Asian vegetable and herb farm in the ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-choy-sum-yu-choy/feed/ 12 https://thewoksoflife.com/end-of-summer-farm-update-2023/ https://thewoksoflife.com/end-of-summer-farm-update-2023/#comments Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:10:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=75430 The end of summer is approaching, and it’s time to review how the season went at The Woks of Life HQ. We had some excitement this year with our first real fruit harvests (last year we lost almost all of the fruit in our orchards to squirrels, birds, or fungal problems), as well as some ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/end-of-summer-farm-update-2023/feed/ 57 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-bitter-melon/ https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-bitter-melon/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2023 11:50:42 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=75277 Hi everyone! It’s the end of August, and it’s time to talk about how to grow bitter melon in your garden. Some of you out there may never have heard of bitter melon, and we’re sure many of you have heard of it, but shy away from it due to its (you guessed it) bitter ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-bitter-melon/feed/ 16 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-thai-basil/ https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-thai-basil/#comments Mon, 24 Jul 2023 11:22:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=74331 Today, let’s talk about one of my favorite ingredients: Thai Basil. We’ll learn how to grow Thai basil in your garden, different varieties, and the many recipes we love using it in! Since Thai basil doesn’t take up much space, you can grow it easily in containers as well as in the ground, making it ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-thai-basil/feed/ 40 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-garlic/ https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-garlic/#comments Thu, 29 Jun 2023 19:58:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=73544 Welcome to the first 2023 post of our How to Grow Chinese Vegetables Series, which is now in its second season! Today, we’re talking about how to grow garlic, which is a key ingredient in Chinese cooking (albeit not exclusively so). We’ve found garlic to be pretty expensive at the grocery store these days. If ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-garlic/feed/ 22 https://thewoksoflife.com/farm-update-spring-2023/ https://thewoksoflife.com/farm-update-spring-2023/#comments Sat, 24 Jun 2023 04:53:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=73296 Now that we’ve officially moved from spring into summer, we’re recapping our spring season at The Woks of Life working mini farm—which is what we’ve decided to call this alpaca/chicken/duck/vegetable/fruit/honeybee endeavor. My dad came up with the term, which seems to encapsulate all that it is: There have been many developments since last spring, including ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/farm-update-spring-2023/feed/ 47 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-chinese-vegetables-in-your-garden/ https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-chinese-vegetables-in-your-garden/#comments Sat, 06 May 2023 13:08:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=63389 After its launch last year, we’re bringing back our How to Grow Chinese Vegetables series! (If you’d like to check out previous posts, head to our Garden/Farm How-To section!) Each month, we’ll publish a comprehensive growing guide for a different crop, including traditional growing knowledge, recipes using the ingredient, how to deal with common challenges, ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-chinese-vegetables-in-your-garden/feed/ 108