Just Veggies

Two Trellis Support Options for Cucumbers and Vining Vegetables

Like parking spots and quarters, space in an urban community garden is precious. We think about yield per square foot like the folks at Del Monte. Grow a watermelon that’ll sprawl and cover 10 square feet and produce two melon? Or plant kale in the same spot? Go for the kale. That’s why whenever it’s ...

Using a Weed Barrier in the Vegetable Garden (for the first time)

This spring I have a client that last used my gardening services for their raised vegetable beds two years ago. They did not one bit of work in those 10 beds since I last touched them in October 2015. “Hello, Ellen!” they said. “Yes, well …. We missed the wonderful fresh food that we had ...