Just Veggies

Cercospora Leaf Spot on Swiss Chard

I’ve written here before about the dreaded Cercospora. If you are not familiar with it, Cercospora is the cause behind the lovely leaf pattern (I’m being facetious) in the photo, aptly named cercospora leaf spot. If you couldn’t tell behind all those spots, that is a Swiss chard leaf. Not very appetizing, is it? I ...

Garlic Scapes

If 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 ...