Maybe you’ve eaten sunchokes, a.k.a. Jerusalem artichokes, at a restaurant or have seen them as a surprise ingredient on one of the televised cooking competitions. Maybe their nuttiness intrigued you enough to consider growing it yourself. Great! Early fall is a great time to plant these USDA Zones 3-9 perennial vegetables. We’ll cover the hows ...
Read More | Just VeggiesGrowing parsley in winter is one of the surprising gardening delights of the season. I was reminded of this during a recent walk through my neighborhood on a 32F day. In fact, it may have been colder than that. The otherwise brownish-hued community garden contained pops of green emitting from both this resilient herb and ...
Read More | Just VeggiesFall is one of my favorite times in the garden because there are so few pests. The wasps and yellow jackets are no longer invading the raspberries and there is not an aphid to be found. But we still do need to keep our eyes open for fall pests because some take advantage of these ...
Read More | Pest PatrolSnow and cold, or at least colder, temperatures are the norm for most of the country right now, but what does that mean for the local insects? Where do garden pests spend the winter? Winter Vegetable Gardening Overwintering As Eggs There are a few insects that overwinter as eggs. Leafhoppers and corn rootworms are a ...
Read More | Pest Patrol’Tis the season to either bring in containers of plants to winter over or dump and clean them out for the season. What you do depends on the type of plant, whether it is an annual or perennial (or even worth saving even if it is a tender perennial), and whether you have a place ...
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