Corn Loves Company
Sweet corn or maize (Zea mays saccharata) is essentially the only vegetable pollinized by wind. And for that reason, it should plantedContinue Reading
Category: Vegetables
Share Your Surplus Vegetables
Plant a Row (Plant • Grow • Share a Row in Canada): that’s the title of a program launched by the GardenContinue Reading
Disease-Free Tomatoes?
It’s not easy being a tomato gardener. The poor vegetable, by far the most popular grown in home vegetable gardens,Continue Reading
Trap Wireworms With Potatoes!
Wireworms are frequently found in gardens, causing the most damage in vegetable beds where they attack the roots of seedlings,Continue Reading
Vegetables and Herbs for Shade
The title above is nearly an oxymoron. There really are very few vegetables and herbs that enjoy shade. At the veryContinue Reading
When Is It Safe To Plant Out Vegetables?
Gardeners go through the same questioning every spring: when can they sow or plant out vegetables? Of course, most plantsContinue Reading
The Long and Short (Days) of Onions
When you plant onions (Allium cepa), you expect them to provide you with nice fat bulbs at the end ofContinue Reading
Rhubarb: for the Patient Gardener
Rhubarb is a rather curious plant. Since it’s grown for its edible leaves (actually, we consume only the leaf stalkContinue Reading
Growing Your Own Quinoa
You’ve almost certainly of this cereal crop from the Andes. In fact, many readers have probably tasted quinoa in aContinue Reading
Skip a Year to Control Carrot Flies
Sometimes the easiest way to regain control over carrot rust flies, Psila rosae, also called carrot root maggots, is simplyContinue Reading