Just Veggies

Small Animal Repellents

Animals of all sorts are unwelcome in the garden, and using a repellent of some sort becomes necessary. In my urban community garden the most common animal visitor we have are a few neighborhood cats. They are fairly harmless, usually just sitting in a patch of sunlight or taking a nap under the giant rhubarb ...

Potato ‘Clancy’ Grown from Actual Seed

Potato 'Clancy', an All-American Selections (AAS) Edible Award Winner for 2019, is a blush- to red-skinned potato grown from seed. Okay, hold on. Wait just a minute. A potato from seed? You usually grow potatoes from a “seed potato,” a.k.a. a tuber—typically from a previous crop—that sprouts when buried and grows into a new potato ...