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Welcome to Tiger Gardens!

We can jams, jellies, relishes, salsas, sauces, and soups, all for sale online and at the Urbana Farmer's Market at the Square May - October each year. No chemicals + No preservatives = Healthy Colorful Deliciousness!

Tiger Gardens Blog

I'm so excited to share with you weekly what we're doing in the garden to grow our veggies for our canned goods and take you through the canning process so you can see what we're making each week. The Urbana Market at the Square starts May 6th, '23!!

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May 24
1 min

Sunday in the Kitchen 5/21/23!

May 21st, 2023: New title for a more accurate blog post, as I really need to concentrate on what we can. It's true, we do have a...

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May 15
1 min

Urbana Farmer's Market at the Square!

Saturday, May 13th, 2023: Lots of pictures from this week's market -- mine and the market's! I want everyone to shop at your local...

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May 8
1 min

Sunday in the Garden 5/7/23

What a great first weekend at the Farmer's Market! Wore me out, but we managed to get a few key gardening things done, as well as...

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May 1
1 min

Sunday in the Garden pre-Market!!!

We are so excited that the Urbana Market at the Square, the outdoor farmer's market in Urbana, Illinois starts this Saturday, May 6th,...

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Apr 17
1 min

4/16/23: Ode to the Grow Light

This Sunday in the Garden episode is dedicated to the Grow Light. I have seen some AMAZING results in just the past week alone. So...

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Apr 10
2 min

Sunday in the Garden 4/9/23: Rescuing tomato seedlings [AMAZING results!!]

5/9/23: Super Fantastic update with the tomato seedlings! 4/16/23: Spoiler Alert -- this turned out well! Grow lights work!! (Post...

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Apr 2
1 min

Sunday in the Garden 4/2/23: Making Pickles!

This is Recipe 1, Lesson 3 in my Canning Academy -- Pickles! Steps to make crispy pickles: Soak newly-picked, young cucumbers in an...

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Mar 27
1 min

Sunday in the Garden 3/26/23: Composting! Tilled in the garden 4/15/23

Our 6 compost piles have come a long way! Here, I teach you how to turn a wet pile that's just now getting itself unfrozen after a long...

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Seed-planting Academy!

Mar 26
1 min

Seed-planting Academy!

We've got all the makings for a relish/salsa garden! Learn to plant these 7 super-important staple veggies from seeds. Nurture them,...

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Pickle Madness!

Mar 25
2 min

Pickle Madness!

I still don't give a hoot about who is playing in the Elite 8 ... so this weekend is about planting more seeds. Let's do a Pickle garden:...

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Mar 25
2 min

Jalapeño Madness

Friday night of the Sweet 16, and I don't care, because Illinois lost early on. So I'm entertaining myself tonight by planting jalapeño...

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Mar 20
2 min

Sunday in the Garden 3/19/23

Planting tomato seeds! I'm so excited, I love growing tomatoes. I'm also so excited I said something that deserves correcting in the...

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Mar 7
1 min

Sunday in the Garden 3/5/23

Planting garlic and cabbage seeds. And composting!

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Mar 2
6 min

How to grow an Award-Winning cabbage from seed!

Last update: Sunday, May 21st, 2023: This post will follow how I start a cabbage from seed and nurture it to grow up to be an...

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Feb 26
4 min

Sunday in the Garden 2/26/23

Making Blackberry Jam. Been busy these past six months! Sue started a new job in January, and it has been very busy @ Casa Tiger. We are...

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Sep 29, 2022
1 min

Making Apple Jelly!

Sunday in the Garden, 9/25/22

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Sep 19, 2022
1 min

Sunday in the Garden 9/18/22

After a triumphant return to the Farmer's Market yesterday, much work had to be done in the garden. Today, work was done at Tiger Gardens...

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