This isn’t a post about pumpkins and peppers. It’s a post about “pumpkin peppers,” a new shape of sweet pepper, or at least a new shape to me. From the “pumpkin” in the name, you can guess that the shape of this pepper is pumpkin-esque. Specifically it is shaped like those mini pumpkins you see ...
Read More | Just VeggiesRoot maggots and turnips—or root maggots and anything you’re about to eat—are not words that should go together. I have had very little experience in growing turnips, with just one previous crop of pure-white turnips that were meant to be harvested quite young, about an inch in diameter. I guess I pulled that crop before ...
Read More | Just VeggiesTomatoes is next topic in the new Victory Garden 2.0 blog series from the National Garden Bureau (NGB). The series has become so popular and so needed by new gardeners that it has grown in length (way beyond the original four posts!) and also content type. The latest edition about all new gardeners’ favorite veggie—tomatoes—is ...
Read More | Just VeggiesThe garden rake is my new favorite tool in the garden. I’ve written a bunch about good vegetable garden tools before, such as THIS and THIS , which I still hold in high esteem in the hand tool category. But, the garden rake, that’s a vegetable garden tool with heft. Plus, it has multiple purposes ...
Read More | Just VeggiesInterpreting your soil test results is the next step in the process of finding out what you are dealing with as far as your vegetable garden soil is concerned. Soil tests come back with various numbers, percentages and some indication of whether your garden’s levels are within an acceptable range. To the uninitiated, the numbers ...
Read More | Just VeggiesIf you are growing garlic and if you’re lucky, you’ll get two harvests from one garlic crop: the final bulbs preceded by the garlic scapes. The harvest of garlic bulbs is the ultimate goal. But, don’t overlook the plant’s first offering of its mellow yet flavorful flowering head. That’s right—garlic scapes are the flowering structures ...
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