This summer I am pressing pause on my vegetable garden in order to create a hügelkultur for next season. What’s a hügelkultur? The word means “mound culture” or “mound growing” in German, and it is essentially the construction of a raised bed using stacks of natural debris. You can plant directly into the mound when ...
Read More | Just VeggiesBroccoli is the best and tastiest vegetable you likely aren’t eating enough of. And if you are eating it, you’re not eating the best part—the stems! These are bold statements for me to make and mostly subjective, but chances are I am at least 90% correct when it comes to your eating habits. According to ...
Read More | Just VeggiesIf you’ve been having a hard time keeping up with watering your container garden, the Blumat watering systems from Sustainable Village are just what the doctor, er, I mean the horticulturist ordered. The systems employ the physics of water pressure, not an electric pump, to distribute water where your plants need them—and that place is ...
Read More | Just VeggiesI joke that stones are my garden plot’s first harvest each spring, but in reality “stone soup” is displaced on my spring menu by tender shoots of herbs, lettuces and spinach. Casually throwing seeds of lettuces, herbs and tender greens into the soil as I do a final fall garden raking gives me a crop ...
Read More | Just VeggiesBe safe and healthy in the garden this spring, friends. I say this because a few days ago I received the annual prepare-for-spring announcement from my community garden organizer. The subject line was “Gardening in the time of COVID-19.” It gave general information about the cancellation of a city-wide Gardeners’ Gathering due to the virus, ...
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