Mastering the Art of Vegetable Gardening is a new book by Matt Mattus. It will more than likely help me keep true to my annual vegetable gardening ritual. I like to pick one new-to-me variety or crop to grow each year. The book’s subtitle is “Rare varieties, unusual options, and plant lore and guidance”. It ...
Read More | Just VeggiesThe world of spinach has just expanded for me to include an edible green called Okinawa Spinach. But I want to be clear from the start: It’s not a true spinach at all, in that it doesn’t belong in the genus Spinacia. If you’d like to define the general term of spinach as an edible ...
Read More | Just VeggiesI’ve previously written a feature post here on Planter’s Place about growing your own veggies indoors. One of the techniques I mention is regrowing leftover veggies ends and tops and discarded seeds and pits. The goal is to essentially recreate the veggie you happen to be using in the kitchen. Wouldn’t you know, someone went ...
Read More | Just VeggiesUsing hay and straw as a winter mulch is an excellent plan for the winter season. Last year I experimented with using a cover crop or “living mulch” as part of my winter garden plan. This winter I was pressed for time (actually, I procrastinated) and didn’t secure rye seed to use as a winter ...
Read More | Just VeggiesI don’t often talk about vegetable gardening with children, likely because I don’t have children myself. As an outsider in that realm, my only association with children and vegetables is that the kids don’t eat them. At least that’s what the TV commercials would have you believe. So pile up the chicken nuggets and fries ...
Read More | Just VeggiesCarrot root diseases? Me? Except for a bout of grubs that went to town in my carrot box a few years ago, carrots may be the easiest thing to grow in my garden. I sow a few rows in spring, thin the quickly growing carrots to a suitable distance (saving the tops for pesto) a ...
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