The World’s Longest Zucchini?
Giant zucchini season has begun! Every year, I start to receive photos of giant zucchinis, as long as a baseball bat andContinue Reading
Category: Vegetables
Pumpkins on the Roof? Why Not?
Most squashes (Cucurbita spp.) have long, creeping stems* and use up a lot of space in the vegetable garden. That’sContinue Reading
How to Hybridize Your Own Tomato
When it comes to pollination, domestic tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) are curious plants. The flower is essentially closed, as the pistilContinue Reading
Can Roof Runoff Be Used for Vegetables?
Question: Can rainwater collected from an asphalt shingle roof be harmful to vegetables and other edible plants? M-C Chevrette Answer: TheContinue Reading
No Real Need to Blanch Leeks
Leeks (Allium ampeloprasum) with a long white stalk have always been considered highly desirable by gardeners. To obtain such whiteness,Continue Reading
Garden Myth: If You Grow Melons With Cucumbers, It Will Alter Their Taste
This is an old myth, but it keeps coming up. And it is indeed a myth. The concept is thatContinue Reading
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
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