This summer I am pressing pause on my vegetable garden in order to create a hügelkultur for next season. What’s a hügelkultur? The word means “mound culture” or “mound growing” in German, and it is essentially the construction of a raised bed using stacks of natural debris. You can plant directly into the mound when ...
Listen | Edible GardeningBlackberries were my grandfather’s favorite fruit. With a birthday in August—right about blackberry harvesting time—Grandpa would not request a cake for his celebration, but a blackberry pie. I can still recall the grin on his face as he tucked into his pie. I’m breaking the rules of “Just Veggies” this month by telling you about ...
Listen | Edible GardeningBiochar is a miraculous soil amendment that is currently having a moment. We might think it’s a new-fangled product but we’d be wrong. It’s an addition to soil that has been used in cultivation for millennia. A new product from my friends at Organic Mechanics puts the powers of biochar into a potting soil that ...
Listen | Container GardeningLet’s talk groundcovers in the vegetable garden. When we talk about covering the soil in a vegetable garden, we usually talk about laying down a mulch such as straw, buckwheat hulls or even cardboard. But it occurs to me, why not use a groundcover? This is a post where I am mostly brainstorming the idea ...
Listen | Edible GardeningI love cooking with red peppers. They have just so much more flavor than green bell peppers, and they add a touch of color—whether fresh or roasted—that makes a dish like a tabbouleh salad or pizza really stand out. The problem is, I have just never really been able to grow them. You may or ...
Listen | Edible GardeningIn the last “Just Veggies” I discussed one way in which climate change is impacting your garden—and that is by extending the growing season with earlier spring emergence and later dieback in fall. In this edition, I want to talk about how warmer temperatures throughout the growing season can impact your vegetable gardens. What Warming ...
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