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Award-Winning Blueberry Lemon Scone Recipe with Video

Award-Winning Blueberry Lemon Scone Recipe with Video Directly from our Fabulous Fruits Stark Bro's cookbook, this delightful award-winning recipe was sent to us by Stephanie DeLine from Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Blueberry-Basil Meyer Lemonade Recipe

Blueberry-Basil Meyer Lemonade Recipe There's nothing quite like a refreshing beverage made from homegrown ingredients. Try this Blueberry-Basil Meyer Lemonade Recipe courtesy of YumAndYummer.

The Healing Power of Your Garden: Growing Plants for Apothecary and Wellness

The Healing Power of Your Garden: Growing Plants for Apothecary and Wellness In recent years, there’s been a resurgence in interest around natural remedies and herbalism, with many people turning to their gardens to grow the plants they need to make homemade tinctures, teas, and even salves. At Stark Bro’s, we’ve always believed in the power of plants—not just for their beauty, but for their health benefits as well.

How to Make Redbud Jelly

How to Make Redbud Jelly Learn how to make redbud jelly from edible redbud tree blossoms with this easy small-batch recipe.

Indoor Gardening with Purpose: Fresh Ingredients Year-Round

Indoor Gardening with Purpose: Fresh Ingredients Year-Round Imagine walking into your home and being greeted by the vibrant greenery of your very own indoor garden. With aromatic herbs, fresh ingredients, and even small fruiting plants, indoor gardening can turn any space into a productive and inviting haven. Whether you’re looking to save on grocery costs, enjoy a steady supply of organic produce, or simply find joy in gardening throughout the year, growing indoors is a rewarding way to make the most of your space.

House Plants: Benefits, Top Picks, and Care Tips

House Plants: Benefits, Top Picks, and Care Tips House plants aren’t just for looks—they’re living companions that enhance our homes! Whether you're a plant mom or plant dad who wants to bring nature inside, house plants offer health benefits, create calming atmospheres, and add charm to every room. Let’s dive into the many ways house plants can enhance your well-being and explore the best plant options for your lighting conditions.

How to Care for Citrus Trees in Containers & Successfully Grow Citrus Indoors

How to Care for Citrus Trees in Containers & Successfully Grow Citrus Indoors Imagine filling your home with the vibrant scent of citrus blossoms, while enjoying fresh fruit all year long—even if you live outside the ideal growing zones for citrus! Growing citrus in containers makes this possible, allowing you to bring the beauty and flavor of citrus into any climate. With optimal care, citrus trees can bloom and bear fruit multiple times a year, adding both color, fragrance and flavor to your living space.

Keep Apples Fresh Longer - Proper Storage for Your Apple Harvest

Keep Apples Fresh Longer - Proper Storage for Your Apple Harvest Make the most out of your crop by storing your apples properly. With the right conditions, apples can remain fresh for months – in some cases even up to a year! It starts with choosing a variety that stores well and then harvesting and storing with care. Even without a root cellar, apples can remain fresh for a surprisingly long time!

No-Bake Key Lime Bar Recipe

No-Bake Key Lime Bar Recipe This is a unique take on Key Lime Pie by one of our customers, who is also an award-winning chef, Aube Giroux. If you are growing your own limes, this is a must-try recipe!

Our Favorite Gift for ANY Gardener

Our Favorite Gift for ANY Gardener At Stark Bro's we're gardeners too, and we wanted to let you in on our favorite gifts to give ANY gardener. The Meyer Lemon and Key Lime trees are our staff's favorite gifts to give. Why? Because they can be grown anywhere!

Freezing Your Fruit Harvest

Freezing Your Fruit Harvest Freeze your summer fruit harvest to enjoy any season! Fruit from the freezer is good for smoothies, sauces, and most baking projects. We have gathered some step-by-step instructions and tips to help ensure your fruit tastes as fresh as the day picked.

Grow the Rainbow: Varieties with Extraordinary Color

Grow the Rainbow: Varieties with Extraordinary Color Sometimes it’s just more fun to grow something most of your friends and family have never seen before. A yellow raspberry, a pink blueberry... keep everyone guessing with these specially bred varieties.

Natural Holiday Ornaments

Natural Holiday Ornaments Sharing your bountiful harvest doesn’t have to stop at the end of the growing season! These handmade ornaments from the fruit you’ve harvested can be shared with friends as gifts and serve as a representation of what you’ve grown each on your tree at the end of the year.

Beneficial Insects

Beneficial Insects As gardeners, we are well acquainted with pest control. Japanese beetles, aphids and caterpillars are the bane of our existence, and a sizable portion of our time in the garden is spent trying to get rid of them. There are chemical controls, and also products like neem oil — which are made from natural ingredients — but there’s also another method of pest control, and that is to fight insects with insects.

The Benefits of Bats

The Benefits of Bats Bats are among the most beneficial creatures to have in residence near your garden, yet they’ve always gotten a bad rap. Halloween and its associated lore would have us believe that all bats are vampires (they’re not all bloodsuckers¬, though some are).

Stark Bro's Black Bear Wines

Stark Bro's Black Bear Wines In the early 1900s, Stark Bro's black bear logo was as well known as the Coca-Cola® logo. The historic image was chosen to adorn our bicentennial wines.

Stark Bro's Recipe Contest Winners

Stark Bro's Recipe Contest Winners Grow it, make it, share it. From savory to sweet – including ingredients you can grow from Stark Bro's plants & trees – here are our recipe contest winners.

Grow a Flavorful Landscape

Grow a Flavorful Landscape Don’t let a lack of space or time stop you from growing your own edible landscape plants. Here are some creative tips for planning your landscape.