Category: Veggies

Storing Onions

Storing Onions

I heard or read somewhere (it might have been a comment on this site), that you can store onions by putting them in nylon stockings and tying a knot between each one. This gives...

Beans

Beans

Beans (bush and pole) are a tender vegetable that grow best in warm weather. Spring Planting Beans do not transplant well. Plant bean seeds directly in the garden during the week of the last frost....

Peppers

Peppers

Peppers are a very-tender vegetable that grow best in warm weather. Spring Planting Peppers take a long time to grow from seed to harvest. In most areas there is not enough time to grow...

Tomatoes

Tomatoes

Tomatoes are a very-tender vegetable that grows best in warm weather. Spring Planting Tomatoes take a long time to grow from seed to fruit. In most areas there is not enough time to grow...

Parsley

Parsley

Parsley is a semi-hardy vegetable that grows well in cool to warm conditions. Technically, it is a biennial (the full span from seed to flower is 2 years), but it will not survive freezing...

Swiss Chard

Swiss Chard

Swiss chard is a semi-hardy vegetable that grow best in cool weather with lots of sun. Unlike many greens, chard will tolerate warmer temperatures without bolting or going to seed. Spring Planting Swiss chard...

Carrots

Carrots

Carrots are a semi-hardy vegetable that grow best in cool weather with lots of sun. Spring Planting Carrots do not transplant well. Plant carrot seeds directly in the garden 3 weeks before the last...

Pruning Zucchini

Carol, one of my readers, brought this trick to my attention. Usually zucchini plants require a lot of space–in a square foot garden, it takes 9 squares.  I tried giving it less space and...

Spinach

Spinach

Spinach is a hardy vegetable that grow best in cool weather. Spring Planting Spinach does not transplant well. Plant spinach directly in the garden 5 weeks before the frost date. Fall Planting Plant seeds...

Lettuce

Lettuce

Lettuce is a semi-hardy vegetable that grows best in cool weather or partial shade during the summer. Leaf lettuce is easy to grow, and is planted 4 per square. Head lettuce takes longer to...