Growing Blooms, Vegetables, Herbs and Fruit
While starting onion seeds indoors is recommended, it is also recommended to sow onion sets outdoors. In order to encourage a large bulb, you want to transplant them in the spring. One year I tried planting the bulbs in the fall just like garlic and they did pretty well because we had a mild winter. […]
Unlike Tubers, Greens shine above ground. The members of the Greens category of veggies include: Aster Family: lettuce and chicory Brassica Family:Â 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 […]
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 […]
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