If you are growing garlic and if you’re lucky, you’ll get two harvests from one garlic crop: the final bulbs preceded by the garlic scapes. The harvest of garlic bulbs is the ultimate goal. But, don’t overlook the plant’s first offering of its mellow yet flavorful flowering head. That’s right—garlic scapes are the flowering structures ...
Read More | Just VeggiesMarigolds are not just pretty in flower beds, they have a job in the vegetable garden as beneficial companion plants. No, that doesn’t mean they make good company and keep the veggies company. They can help lessen the damage done to vegetables by certain pests. I’ve planted marigolds around my tomatoes for over a decade ...
Read More | Just VeggiesI received a box of sample plants from plant breeding company PanAmerican Seed earlier this spring. Among the many items—both flower and vegetable plants—were two pots of a brand-new sweet pepper called Mad Hatter Pepper. Its schtick is it has a funny triangular-hat shape, like the soldiers in the Revolutionary War wore. Big deal, right? ...
Read More | Just VeggiesEarlier in the season I mentioned making what is called a “Fridge-Dive Pesto”. Basically, it’s a pesto made from hardy greens and leafy herbs in the garden. I put my own spin on it by using trimmings from herbs and veggies and also the seedlings of dill and bronze fennel that pop up in my ...
Read More | Just VeggiesThis year’s gardening season has been pretty successful. We’ve had the right balance of rain and sun. I’ve applied fertilizer routinely, so the plants look robust. The tomatoes have especially benefited from two applications of a tomato-specific fertilizer. And most of the pests have been kept away by regular, sometimes daily, application of the Captain ...
Read More | Just VeggiesSpring was late, and as such my typical spring crops of spinach and lettuce were delayed or totally non-existent. Even the reliably early zucchini has been slow to produce. Other than some late lettuce, a few radishes and some strawberries that haven’t made it back to the kitchen, I’m harvested very little from the gardens ...
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