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Welcome to Tiger Gardens!
We are Sue & Tim Tiger, and you can find us at the Urbana, Illinois Farmer's Market every Saturday.
We make award-winning jams, jellies, salsas, sauces, soups, pickles, and relishes from locally-grown produce.
Our mission is to share with you the joy of canning fruits and vegetables that actually taste good!
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.
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Sue Tiger
Sep 18, 20221 min read
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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Sue Tiger
Aug 7, 20221 min read
8/7/22: Double Grand Champion, Tim Tiger!
On this Sunday in the Garden, we celebrate our co-founder, Tim Tiger, who entered his Chow Chow Relish and Thaitastic Salsa in the...
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Sue Tiger
Jul 18, 20222 min read
Jelly-making Masterclass Final Project: Making and then re-setting Dandelion jelly. 7/17/22
Sunday in the Garden this week is about how to do the least favorite thing we do as canners -- re-setting jelly. It's a necessary evil,...
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Sue Tiger
Jul 14, 20221 min read
Hidden Trea$ure$: 7/14/22
What a great find! From a plant that I didn't plant comes a perfect cucumber I can use for pickles right now. I am amazed at the riches a...
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Sue Tiger
Jul 12, 20221 min read
Weeding with Sindee, our stirrup hoe, 7/11/22:
Monday in the Garden is consumed by weeding. Our #1 game-changing garden tool is definitely Sindee the Stripper Ho, as my husband calls...
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Sue Tiger
Jul 7, 20221 min read
Checking in on garden progress, 7/4/22:
7/4/22: Sunday (a.k.a. Monday) In The Garden. Happy Independence Day! We're making incredible progress in both Tiger Gardens North and...
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Sue Tiger
Jun 26, 20221 min read
6/26/22: Sunday in the Garden -- all planted!
Been planting at both locations for about a month now, and we're all planted! We've really been taking our time planting correctly, and...
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Sue Tiger
Jun 19, 20221 min read
6/19/22: Juneteenth Sunday in the Garden. We're having SEX!!
Sexing squash is a necessary process if you want to see more fruits on your gorgeous squash plants. Here's how: I'm a bit disappointed, I...
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Sue Tiger
May 31, 20221 min read
Making Dandelion Jelly: 5/29/22:
Sunday in the Garden, Memorial Day Weekend:What a back-breaking process! But here's exactly how to make dandelion jelly! It tastes like...
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Sue Tiger
Mar 21, 20221 min read
Cleaning up the garden from '21 and planting seeds, 3/20/22:
3/20/22: Sunday in the Garden, the 1st Day of Spring!!!!! What a day! Cleaning up the garden for planting, using every last second of...
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Sue Tiger
Mar 6, 20221 min read
3/6/22: Sunday in the Garden + seedlings update:
Got a lot done outside!
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Sue Tiger
Feb 27, 20221 min read
2/27/22: Sunday in the Garden: Canning Hot Pepper Jelly!
Happy last Sunday of February, 2022! This is the ceremonial Kick-Winter-to-the-Curb- Sunday. Yes, it will still get cold, yes, it will...
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Sue Tiger
Feb 22, 20221 min read
Sunday in the Garden 2/20/22: Fixing leggy seedlings: Update 2/27/22!
I probably planted too early. Groundhog Day has a certain metaphorical quality to it, but I'm not sure why I picked 2/2/x as Seed...
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Sue Tiger
Feb 16, 20221 min read
Groundhog Day seedling check
Planted 2/2/22, these seedlings are a little leggy, but not too bad ...
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Sue Tiger
Jan 24, 20223 min read
1/23/22: Sunday in the Garden: Canning Grilled Peach Jelly
Master peach jelly, and you are officially a canner! If this were an online course, this would be your final project in the category,...
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Sue Tiger
Jan 10, 20222 min read
Sunday in the Garden 1/9/22
Happy New Year 2022! Welcome to my new series, Sunday in the Garden! My intention is to post every Sunday a recap of what we did in our...
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Sue Tiger
Dec 13, 20211 min read
Where did 2021 go???
Wow! It's been a long time since we posted, sorry about that! It's been a very successful, productive, and yes stressful year at Tiger...
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Sue Tiger
May 12, 20212 min read
Come out to the Farmer's Market!
We love the Farmer's Market in Urbana, in fact we live for the Farmer's Market in Urbana, it's so much fun! This video is from the first...
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Sue Tiger
Apr 19, 20212 min read
Sunday in the Garden! 4/18/21
Happy Tilling Everyone! Tilling is very important to the gardening process because after sitting for a while, like over the winter, the...
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