We’re talking about indeterminate tomatoes in this edition of Just Veggies. You may recall that in the last Just Veggies we explained what the “determinate” on the plant tag means, usually in reference to tomatoes. Quick review and in a nutshell: Determinate essentially means the tomato grows to a certain height, stops growing and puts ...
Read More | Just VeggiesI used vertical supports to hold my four zucchini plants off the ground this summer. I had given up using tomato cages a few years ago for several reasons. But, I still had the cages hanging around the garden. Employing them as supports for my zucchini was one of those “Huh, I’ve never done this ...
Read More | Just VeggiesGrowing food in containers is simple and gaining popularity. Above all, vegetable gardening isn’t new or hard. Follow my tips for an easy, calming and reliable way to provide healthy food for your family. This is victory gardening in new ways, for modern times. Growing Vegetables in Water. You're looking at a big fan of hydroponics. ...
Read More | Container Corner“Vegetables that can look as beautiful as my flowers? Are you sure? I have my doubts.” That’s essentially the conversation I had recently with a new flower-gardening friend. She had never grown vegetables before and wasn’t about to start. “Why?” I asked. Because veggies aren’t pretty. She didn’t say it that way exactly, but that ...
Read More | Just VeggiesI’ve written here before about the dreaded Cercospora. If you are not familiar with it, Cercospora is the cause behind the lovely leaf pattern (I’m being facetious) in the photo, aptly named cercospora leaf spot. If you couldn’t tell behind all those spots, that is a Swiss chard leaf. Not very appetizing, is it? I ...
Read More | Just VeggiesThe last I checked, figs are not vegetables. They are fruits, or more accurately, they are the common fig tree’s mature syconium, which contain numerous one-seeds fruits. Fruit or not, this edition of Just Veggies is expanding its scope to include this delectable edible. Why? Because like kale, figs are becoming the “it” ingredient in ...
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