Vegetables

Harvesting and Storing Fava Beans

First take a look at the pretty but small flower that is black and white on the fava plant.  Since I only have 6 fava plants and since the weather has heated up, I am getting only a few fava pods here and there.  Don’t forget the fava plant likes the cooler weather!  While I […]

Fruits

Do Blueberries Have to be Blue

Well you would think blueberries have to be blue!  There are exceptions to the blue rule!  For example, I am growing pink blueberries and regular blueberries.  There are black blueberries, but I am not growing this variety yet. Let’s start out with the Bluecrop Blueberry.  This blueberry plant has white flowers in the Spring, medium […]

Fruits

Thornless and Compact Raspberries

This is the first year that I started growing raspberries.  I didn’t previously because I thought the plants had too many thorns and were not attractive looking.  I wanted to put my raspberry plant in my herb garden which is right next to our patio.   Here’s my solution. . . I am growing a Raspberry […]