A Saint Patrick’s Day Story: The Famine Potato Rises Again
The famous ‘Lumper’: the deadliest potato in human history. Photo: myirelandspast.wordpress.com You might wonder why anyone would want to resurrectContinue Reading
Category: Vegetables
What’s the Difference Between a Garden Pea and a Snow Pea?
Pea (garden pea) on the left, snow pea on the right. Photo: www.healthline.com Question: Can you explain the difference between aContinue Reading
Imperfect Heritage Tomatoes
Heritage tomatoes can have their flaws. Photo: nuvomagazine.com Question: I always plant several varieties of heritage tomatoes all in a rowContinue Reading
Indoor Gardening All Year Long with Microgreens
Rambo radish microgreens A guest blog by Parker Garlitz Traditional outdoor gardening is a wonderful hobby that is fun, healthyContinue Reading
Tomatoes with Potato Leaves
The leaf of a potato leaf tomato. Photo: xwildflowers, garden.org Question (from April 2019): A strange phenomenon occurred in my light garden.Continue Reading
Turn Your Christmas Tree into A Bean Tree
Scarlet runner beans turned into a bean tree. Photo: www.gardenfocused.co.uk If you store your cut Christmas tree outdoors over theContinue Reading
Garden Myth: You Can Tell the Sex of Peppers by the Number of Lobes
Peppers don’t really have a sex, in spite of a persistant myth that claims the contrary. Photo: www.amazon.com Question: My grocerContinue Reading
Growing Food Indoors: Microgreens for Everyone!
Broccoli microgreens have high concentrations of minerals-higher than mature broccoli. Article republished from the Home Garden Seed Association, a website offeringContinue Reading
Tips on Harvesting and Storing Potatoes
Potato harvesting generally begins at summer’s end. Photo: www.thecapecoop.com Yes, in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s that time of year again:Continue Reading
How I Learned to Garden on a Balcony
Small containers like these are going to need a lot of watering! Photo: getinterior.me My first balcony vegetable garden, nearlyContinue Reading