The world of spinach has just expanded for me to include an edible green called Okinawa Spinach. But I want to be clear from the start: It’s not a true spinach at all, in that it doesn’t belong in the genus Spinacia. If you’d like to define the general term of spinach as an edible ...
Read More | Just VeggiesI’ve previously written a feature post here on Planter’s Place about growing your own veggies indoors. One of the techniques I mention is regrowing leftover veggies ends and tops and discarded seeds and pits. The goal is to essentially recreate the veggie you happen to be using in the kitchen. Wouldn’t you know, someone went ...
Read More | Just VeggiesI don’t often talk about vegetable gardening with children, likely because I don’t have children myself. As an outsider in that realm, my only association with children and vegetables is that the kids don’t eat them. At least that’s what the TV commercials would have you believe. So pile up the chicken nuggets and fries ...
Read More | Just VeggiesI’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 ...
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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