General Gardening Vegetables

Grow Bags for Sweet Potatoes

We already talked about how to make a grow bag for potatoes. Today’s topic is making a grow bag for and planting sweet potatoes. This is the first year that I am growing sweet potatoes in a grow bag so I don’t damage them when harvesting.  Instead of digging them out,  I will gently dump the […]

Vegetables

Follow-Up Friday – Lettuce, Spinach and Radishes

  Wow this crazy weather in Pittsburgh has been great for my lettuce, spinach and radishes!  Do a search in this blog for the articles on these three vegetables so you can see what varieties I am growing.   As for the Spinach, I’ve only planted the Monstrueux de Viroflay and the Baby’s Leaf Hybrid.  I will […]

General Gardening Vegetables

Beans – Bush or Pole – Snap, Shell or Dried

Beans grow in either a bush form or vine on a pole.  You need to know which type you have so you can properly support it.   Also, beans are harvested fresh or dried.  The fresh ones include snap or shell beans.  Snap beans are picked when the pod is slender and the bean is small.  […]