What Causes Bland-Tasting Tomatoes
By Larry Hodgson Question: My homegrown tomatoes are bland tasting. What can I do? Vivian Answer: This is actually quite a frequentContinue Reading
Category: Vegetables
Taste the Sunny Goodness of Sunflowers
Cheery, bright sunflowers: they’re the perfect plant to entice pollinators, add garden drama (the good kind, that is!), lure little onesContinue Reading
When Are My Veggies Ready to Harvest?
By Larry Hodgson When you’re a beginning gardener growing your first vegetables, you can generally easily find information on theirContinue Reading
Dealing With Squash Borers
By Larry Hodgson This is a new insect for me. Although native to North America, mostly east of the RockyContinue Reading
The Other Edible Parts of Common Vegetables
By Larry Hodgson We’re used to eating just one part of most common vegetables, two at the most. Immature flowersContinue Reading
What’s the Difference Between a Turnip and a Rutabaga?
By Larry Hodgson Question: I read with interest your article Why Didn’t My Turnips Produce a Bulb?, which made me think yetContinue Reading
Is It True You Can Grow New Carrots From Carrot Tops?
By Larry Hodgson Question: I saw on Facebook that you could grow new carrots from carrot tops. The claim is youContinue Reading
Why Didn’t My Turnips Produce a Bulb?
By Larry Hodgson Question: This is my second gardening experience, but this year, my turnips didn’t produce a bulb, only aContinue Reading
A Tomato for the Fourth of July
By Larry Hodgson On this Fourth of July, I thought my American readers might be interested to know there isContinue Reading
An Asparagus That Climbs? Who’d a Thunk?
By Larry Hodgson CLIMBING ASPARAGUS Botanical name:Asparagus verticillatusFamily: AsparagaceaeHeight: 12 feet (4 m)Width: 3 feet (1 m)Exposure: sun, partial shadeSoil: well drainedFlowering: late springHardiness zones: 3 toContinue Reading