Vegetables, Even in Winter!
By Julie Boudreau Whether for simple pleasure or a desire to know what’s on your plate, gardeners can eat vegetablesContinue Reading
Category: Vegetables
Spinach: Sow in Fall for Best Results
Forget everything you learned about vegetables when you try growing spinach (Spinacia oleracea). The spring seeding usually recommended often gives disappointingContinue Reading
Cover Crops for the Vegetable Garden
As much as I appreciate the beauty of beautiful dark soil full of organic matter, I always feel a deepContinue Reading
Create an Edible Plant Screen
At my parents’ home, I was lucky to grow up with a beautiful large backyard filled with flowers and vegetation.Continue Reading
Corn Salad: A Little-Known Little Green
Everyone in France is familiar with corn salad (also known as lamb’s lettuce or mâche in French), but in Canada,Continue Reading
Knowing How to Harvest Each Vegetable
Larry Hodgson published thousands of articles and 65 books over the course of his career, in both French and English.Continue Reading
When to Plant for a Fall Harvest
When a crop is finished, rather than leaving the soil bare, why not plant something else? And for those who’veContinue Reading
In Praise of What Doesn’t Look Ripe
Urban agriculture can be practised in many places, but it is often practised in public spaces. We cultivate in frontContinue Reading
The Perfect Onion for the Laidback Gardener!
If you find growing onions from seed or sets too demanding, try the Egyptian onion, also called tree onion, top-setting onion,Continue Reading
Up Above, It’s Paradise
Larry Hodgson published thousands of articles and 65 books over the course of his career, in both French and English.Continue Reading