Edible Gardens

Grow Food in Small Spaces

June 26, 2011
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Want to grow summer vegetables and herbs, but don’t have a lot of space? No problem. With the right plants and container, you’ll be surprised how much you can grow in just a few feet. Here are tips to help you grow food in small spaces.

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Book Review: Sugar Snaps and Strawberries

June 10, 2011
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Besides having one of the cutest garden book names in years, Sugar Snaps and Strawberries by Andrea Bellamy offers plenty of simple solutions for creating your own small-space edible garden. I spoke recently with this critically acclaimed author to find out more… Photo copyright Jackie Connelly.

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Grow: Greens, Radishes, Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplants

May 26, 2011
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It’s that time of year again … when the cool-season radishes, spicy greens and lettuces are growing wildly.  Here’s a recent harvest of different greens from my garden, as well as three types of radishes. There are ‘Long Scarlets’ that look like red carrots; round ‘Purple Plum’ radishes; and pale yellow ‘Helios’ radishes from a village near where my […]

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Five Cool-Season Vegetables To Grow From Seed

March 14, 2011
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It’s easy to be amazed by the power of seeds. One tiny seed can grow to be an eight-foot flowering vine smothering a trellis in a single summer.  And many vegetables are easy to grow from seed too. For instance, these five cool-season vegetables can not only be sowed directly into the soil … but often prefer […]

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‘Paris Market’ Carrots are Round Delights

March 2, 2011
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Carrots (Daucus carota) are popular cool-season, root vegetables to grow in home gardens. But the longer varieties – which can grow up to 8 inches long – are hard to grow in heavy, clay soil conditions.

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Patison Golden Marbre Scallop Squash for Summer and Winter

November 22, 2010
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If you’ve ever grown summer squash, you know how prolific these plants can be in ideal growing conditions. Turn around, and six or seven more crookneck squash are ready to pick. Wait too long, and a zucchini will grow the size of a bat. Even your neighbors may start to look weary when you offer yet another bag filled with […]

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The Corn Harvest

September 28, 2010
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”Plough deep, while Sluggards sleep And you shall have corn to sell and to keep.” Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790) As you can see above, my corn stalks are cut. The ears have been eaten and enjoyed. And all that remains are good culinary memories.

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Pumpkins Continue to Delight

September 28, 2010
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“He beheld great fields of Indian corn, and the yellow pumpkins lying beneath them, turning up their fair round bellies to the sun.” Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Pumpkins have reigned in our autumn cooking, long before they started to appear on our Thanksgiving tables in the form of delicious pies. An important staple in Native Americans’ diets, […]

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Must-Have Plants I’m Growing

September 8, 2010
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“We have plowed, we have sowed, We have reaped, we have mowed, We have brought home every load, Hip, hip, hip, harvest home.” For the last few months, I’ve spoken with some of the nation’s most well-known garden writers, bloggers and personalities about their must-have plants. So, you might just be wondering which plants I […]

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Let Us Celebrate Lettuce!

July 5, 2010
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“Lettuce is like conversation,” said the American editor and author Charles Dudley Warner. “It must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it.”

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