The Green Thumb Awards, presented by National Garden Bureau, honor both plants and products that represent the best new horticultural innovations and recognize that their unique features, growth habits, resilience and aesthetics. Each year the organization hands out these awards in two categories—the Professional’s Choice Awards judged by a panel of industry experts and the ...
Listen | Edible GardeningGrowing cilantro is worth the time and effort in more ways than one. Grow it for the bright, distinctively flavored leaves that elevate everything from tacos to curries, then let it flower and you’ll have yourself some coriander seed—an entirely different flavor from the same plant. The key to successfully growing cilantro is understanding its ...
Listen | Edible GardeningI interrupt this vegetable-focused blog to bring you a fruit—Mojo Berry—a mulberry worthy of your attention. To look at the fruits quickly you think, “Wait… is that a blackberry?” It’s not. Despite the name and the look of it, Mojo Berry is, in fact, a compact mulberry, botanically known as Morus rotundiloba ‘Mojo Berry’. The ...
Listen | Edible GardeningTraditional radishes are famous for their (typically) red swollen roots and quick crop time. But did you know there’s another type of radish? I did not until just this week! The heirloom rat tail radish rat tail radish turns the traditional idea of a radish upside down. Instead of forming an underground bulb, this unusual ...
ListenSpring is on the horizon and with it a new season to test, experiment and grow in the garden. For gardeners who love order and efficiency, it might be time to try out the Square Foot Gardening technique. And for those who already know about the wonders of Square Foot Gardening, there’s some exciting news ...
Listen | Edible GardeningBeing a 365-day vegetable gardener is possible for most everyone and not just for those in warmer climates. Sure, for many gardeners January (and February and even March) may look like a windowsill full of herbs or a south-facing cold frame filled with leafy greens. Gardening and harvesting have their ebbs and flows—busier and slower ...
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