by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 14, 2011 | gardening101
Seedlings ready to harden off If you do vegetable gardening, chances are you buy some plants from nurseries or other growers. Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants are the most commonly bought starts. Just because someone else started...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 11, 2011 | herbs
Most people think of parsley as that green stuff on their plates in restaurants. It is actually a very useful herb. It is also very nutritious. Parsley is easy to grow and can be grown in containers indoors during the winter for year-round availability. Different...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 9, 2011 | Brussels Sprouts
Brussels Sprouts photo by Visitor7 Brussels Sprouts are a cool-weather crop. When they get hot, the plant produces flowers and the little sprouts are ruined. Brussels Sprouts are a Northern European vegetable related to cabbage. No records exist of them earlier...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 7, 2011 | gardening101
Vegetable seeds. Photo by Lynn Ketchum. Eying those seeds leftover from last year and wondering if they will work? While the seed germination rate goes down the longer they have been alive, you can do a simple test to see if the leftover seeds will grow. ...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 5, 2011 | squash
Winter Squash photo by Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble Winter squash is grown much like summer squash. The difference is in the harvest. Summer squash is picked while it is immature and the rind is soft. Winter squash is picked when mature and the rind hard. Winter...
