Archives for Grow Food - Page 3
5 Cucumber Site Essentials
Cucumbers can be very rewarding to grow if you follow these essential site recommendations CUCUMBER SUPPORT Cucumbers are a floppy lot, and really need our help and support. Train plants…
Collard (Brassica oleracea var acephala)
The collard plant (a type of Kale) is thought by botanists to have remained almost the same for about 2000 years. It is a loose-leaf non-heading wild cabbage that was the predecessors…
Seed Starting
Don’t seed a partial cell pack with a particular seed – make the whole cell pack one specific seed so when you want to move them to family-based planting area…
Radish (Raphanus sativus)
Radish (Raphanus sativus), which is related to turnip and mustard, is a great source of vitamin C, folic acid, potassium, vitamin B6, riboflavin, magnesium, copper, and calcium. Radishes come in…
Hot Pepper (Capsicum)
Hot Peppers have been found to have been eaten in their native lands of South and Central America in 7500 BC. Hot peppers were introduced to South Asia in the…
Burnet (Poterium Sanguisorba)
Burnet (Poterium Sanguisorba) is a salad green originally from Europe, and was once used in a 21 herb mixture thought to prevent the plague. It has a slightly spicy flavor. Burnet…
Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita)
Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita) is a European perennial which was once used medicinally and then came to be popular in culinary recipes. It was once called Bible leaf, as people used…
Pink Jumbo Banana Squash
The pre-1883 Mexican/American heirloom cultivar Pink Jumbo Banana Squash is a member of the the Family Cucurbitaceae, genus Cucurbita, Species maxima. It is also known as Jumbo Pink Banana Squash and Banana Pink Jumbo…
Rouge vif d’Etampes Pumpkin
The French heirloom cultivar Rouge vif d'Etampes Pumpkin is a member of the the Family Cucurbitaceae, genus Cucurbita, Species maxima, and was hybridized by Burpee in 1883. It is also known…
Apple Tree Pruning Boot Camp
Pruning apple trees is an interesting gardening ; They are such prolific plants, surging up to meet the sky with great gusto, growing three stalks back where you cut one…