Rhubarb may get your full attention as a spring vegetable-slash-fruit—and a vigorously growing one, at that—but fall is the perfect time to give it some care. A little fall care now ensures this perennial vegetable wakes up strong and productive in just a few short months. Here’s a quick list of what you can do ...
Read More | Just VeggiesGround cherries will be the “new to me” crop in this year’s garden. I like to plant one item I’ve never grown before, and especially one that I haven’t had much experience with in the kitchen. Ground cherries, also known as husk cherries, fit the bill. I may have eaten a ground cherry but can’t ...
Read More | Just VeggiesSugar cane—is it a vegetable? Or since it’s sweet, maybe it’s a fruit? It’s neither—it’s simply a grass. But it’s edible, so that gives me permission to devote one edition of Just Veggies to this tropical crop. If you’re like me, you’ve never really given sugar cane a second thought. Sugar, yes. Sugar cane, no. ...
Read More | Just VeggiesThis 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 ...
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