Mastering the Art of Vegetable Gardening is a new book by Matt Mattus. It will more than likely help me keep true to my annual vegetable gardening ritual. I like to pick one new-to-me variety or crop to grow each year. The book’s subtitle is “Rare varieties, unusual options, and plant lore and guidance”. It ...
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 ...
Read More | Just VeggiesSnails and slugs can do some serious damage to a crop just emerging from the ground. As you can probably guess, this is the harm I’ve most recently experienced in my own garden. I’ve written several times this season about my insect barrier. It’s been awesome at keeping flea beetles and leaf miners away from ...
Read More | Just VeggiesI was chatting with a gardener, cook and good friend of mine last fall about the latest trends in gardening. We both agreed that smaller versions of unwieldy vegetables are getting more attention by the folks who breed and bring new vegetable varieties to market. During my annual April trip to California, I saw quite ...
Read More | Just VeggiesI learned a new tidbit of information about cauliflower this week. I said to myself, “Well, that explains a lot”. The issue concerned stunted cauliflower and one of its causes. Dehydration! Who says an old gardener can’t learn new things? Why Cauliflower Stops Growing Last week I ran into the owner of a Dutch ...
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