Sow and Grow Garlic

Sow and Grow Garlic

While you can plant garlic cloves in the spring, fall is the best time to plant garlic.  I typically plant garlic cloves between mid October through early November.  I am looking for the temperatures to be round 50℉ or cooler during the day which is usually later in October or early November in Pittsburgh, PA. […]

Greens

Greens

Unlike Tubers, Greens shine above ground.  The members of the Greens category of veggies include: Aster Family: lettuce and chicory Brassica Family:  arugula, cabbage, bok choy, collards, kale, mizuna, mustard, tatsoi and watercress Amaranth Family: spinach, strawberry spinach and swiss chard Buckwheat Family:  sorrel Similarities:  Of course, you eat the leaf part of Greens.  I usually […]

Tubers

Tubers

While Tubers grow underground like Roots, Tubers are high in starch.  Let’s review the members by family and identify the similarities and differences. Nightshade Family:  potatoes Morning Glory Family:  sweet potatoes Aster Family:  Jerusalem artichokes Similarities:  While the  edible part of the Tubers category of veggies grows underground, tubers have flowers that grow above ground. Tubers […]