Growing Blooms, Vegetables, Herbs and Fruit
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 and Yams Similarities:  The edible part of the Tuber category of veggies grows underground on rhizomes. Tubers are high in starch […]
The Bulb Category of veggies consists of one plant family: Onion Family: Garlic, leeks, onions, scallions, shallots and spring onions Similarities: The onion family prefers to be planted when it is cooler to help to form the bulbs. While you eat the green leaves/stems of the onion family, the bulbs are the main attraction. This category […]
Next topic is the veggie category typically found in a home garden. The first one is the Fruit category. The following breaks down the Fruit category by plant family. Nightshade Family: Eggplants, peppers, tomatoes, tomatillos and ground cherries. Even though I included ground cherries in the fruit category, not the veggie category, under the Nightshade […]
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