Towards a Responsible Harvest of Wild Plants
Food foraging is the latest foodie trend. Off you go into your backyard, harvesting dandelions and garlic mustard for yourContinue Reading
Category: Vegetables
A Simple Basement Cold Room
Have you ever considered building your own cold room (root cellar) where you could store fruits and vegetables in theContinue Reading
10 Strange Facts About Vegetables
“Eat your vegetables”, my mother used to say, “they’re good for you!” But I’d feed them to the dog ifContinue Reading
A Mini Pizza Garden
What child doesn’t like pizza? So, to stimulate their interest in gardening (and to help them learn to eat vegetablesContinue Reading
When Seeds Sprout Inside a Tomato
I’d like to know if you’ve ever seen tomatoes with sprouts inside? These are tomatoes shipped from Mexico that IContinue Reading
Summer Squash, Winter Squash
As you shop for packs of seeds for your summer garden, remember that there are two distinct groups of squash thatContinue Reading
Powdery Mildew Resistant Cucumbers
As you make your seed purchases for the summer garden, remember that the first step in disease prevention is toContinue Reading
The Sweet Potato is Transgenic
The first transgenic organism was not produced by a megacorporation. It was created by Mother Nature a long time ago. ThisContinue Reading
Are Last Year’s Seeds Still Good?
Most gardeners store their leftover garden seeds for another year… or two years. Or three. But how many years canContinue Reading
The Amazing Maze-Running Spud
Here is a little project you might want to do with your kids or grandkids on a snowy or rainyContinue Reading