Crop Rotation

Crop Rotation by Plant Families

There are several ways to rotate your annual veggie and fruit crops. The first one is by Plant Families.   I am not including flowers/blooms, herbs, perennial veggies and perennial fruits.  Part of the reason is that I have a bed by the patio that I use for my herb garden, an area outside of my […]

Amaranth Plant Family

Amaranth Plant Family

The Amaranth Family has a formal name which is Amaranthaceae.  Let chat about some of the members: Veggies:   Swiss chard, beets, spinach, purslane Grain:  Quinoa Herbs:  Epazote Flowers & Blooms:  Amaranth, Globe Amaranth, Cockscomb/Celosia, Portulaca Similarities:   Purslane and portulaca are both succulents.  The leaves for all the veggies listed above can be eaten.  While I […]

Grass Plant Family

Grass Plant Family

There are some grains, a veggie and some ornamental blooms in the Grass Family or Poaceae Family.   Here are some of the members that you might find in a garden: Veggies:  Corn Grains:  Barley, millet, oats, rye, rice, sugarcane, wheat Blooms:  Bamboo, pampas grass, plume grass, straw and thatch Similarities:  For the most part grasses have alternating leaves […]