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...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 2, 2011 | squash
Yellow summer squash is a warm-weather squash usually planted around the last freeze date in an area. Zucchini squash, while technically a summer squash, has a post of its’ own. Yellow squash is a Cucurbita, just as zucchini squash, cucumbers, and...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jan 31, 2011 | squash
Country people joke that we keep our cars locked in the summer so someone won’t put a bag of zucchini in the front seat. Zucchini is easy to grow and produces large amounts of vegetables, so you only need a few plants to feed your family. Even then,...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jan 28, 2011 | potatoes
Sweet potatoes ready to harvest photo by User:Vmenkov Sweet potatoes, also called yams in the United States, are related to the morning glory. They, like the Irish potato, came from Peru and Ecuador originally. Sweet potatoes are part of the root of the plant and...
