Vegetables

Harvesting Garlic Scapes

As you may recall, I planted my garlic last October, now here is what the plants look like as of today. The hardnecks will produce a flower stem that will loop around once or twice before straightening out which is called a scape.   While it looks really cool, you should cut the flower stem […]

Companions

Companions – The Root Vegetables

There is no whiskey in my two half barrels!  This year I am growing various root vegetables in them.  They naturally make great companions.  Can’t go wrong with putting some root vegetables in one spot.  I have carrot, radishes, parsnips, rutabaga, turnips. To be quite honest, I am not sure that I am going to […]

Companions Fruits

Companions – Strawberries and Peas

I am going to try to give some of my insight for good plant combinations.   I decided to move my strawberry plants to one long raised bed this year and they are doing great! Strawberries definitely like a boost of nitrogen so I thought about planting either peas or beans in the bed with them.   […]