Green Lightening Squash is one of a handful of vegetables that were recently presented with the All-America Selections Award for 2025. It’s actually the second squash to receive the National Award for an edible variety this year. But unlike that other squash (you can read about Squash Thriller here), Green Lightening is a summer squash, ...
Read More | Just VeggiesIf gaining a deeper understanding of organic vegetable gardening is on your to-do list for 2025, the American Horticultural Society has published the book for you. AHS has partnered with Cool Springs Press to produce the organization’s first new book in more than 20 years, and it’s called Essential Guide to Organic Vegetable Gardening. At ...
Read More | Just VeggiesNot all pumpkins are orange, and the new Buckskin pumpkin from Burpee is a great example of that. Buckskin is more of a buff color than a Jack-O-Lantern type orange. However, if you look inside, Buckskin is indeed the rich and deep orange you’d expect of a pumpkin. Buckskin is in that rare pumpkin category ...
Read More | Just VeggiesWe’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 VeggiesDuring our last discussion, we talked about perennials come back year after year. But there are a fair number of vegetables that produce without any help from us. Consider growing these returning vegetables to make gardening even easier. Hardy greens are returning vegetables One of my all-time favorite hearty vegetables is spinach. If it is ...
Read More | Pest PatrolMy brother called me in early spring and said, “I am transplanting beets from seed starts this year, in order to get a good early crop.” My response? “It’s not gonna work.” I was adamant. “Not. Going. To. Work.” Guess how this situation turns out. Exactly. He had an excellent crop of beets. From transplants. ...
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