by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jan 26, 2011 | collard greens
Collard Greens Many Southerners consider collard greens a delicacy. My Daddy’s family ate them and he enjoys them. My mother’s family did not, and Mom never fixed greens, except spinach, when I was growing up. I can take them or leave them, but I can...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jan 14, 2011 | lettuce
Mixed lettuce plants photo by Rameshng Lettuce is another one of those cool weather crops. It does not grow well when it gets over 75 degrees, especially for the varieties that make heads. In my area of Texas, we plant lettuce in the first part of February. That...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jan 10, 2011 | spinach
Spinach in the field Spinach likes cool weather. It has grown in popularity and more and more people are planting it. However, it is somewhat temperamental to grow. Spinach will tolerate temperatures as low as 20 degrees but bolts and produces seed when it gets...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Dec 20, 2010 | book review
One of the best ways to get locally adapted seeds is to obtain seeds from someone in the area who has saved them. That works the first year. What do you do after that? Well, you save your own seeds from a small percentage of the vegetables. Sounds simple, but it can...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Dec 16, 2010 | gardening101
Companion planting is planting two plants together so that both grow better. In some cases, the second plant is bait for the pests that would otherwise plague the first, more desirable, plant. Before chemical pesticides were available, companion planting was used as...
