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While it looks like a miniature sunflower, it doesn't develop seeds. Let me tell you why you want to keep an eye out next time. I don't know of anyone in this day and age that doesn't need to work on repopulating their digestive workforce.

Sometimes it's a particular plant or plant family that proves difficult to grow and seemingly fights the gardener every step of the way. Raised beds are an option for growers in areas with clay or other hard soils.

It's worth noting that professional growers kill plants, too. Directly seeding them into your garden in the early spring or late summer will ensure they don't get pithy, too spicy or bolt as fast, which are the most common radish complaints.

They take a full extra month to grow, but they'll reward you with sweetness and flavor. This may involve irrigating, waiting several days and raking before you seed or or transplant.

“Fall is another perfect time to plant radishes,” says William Adams, co-author of The Southern Kitchen Garden (Taylor Trade Publishing, 2007). “Flea beetles can do a lot of damage to the leaves, weakening the plants,” Bozelli says.

They make delicious pickles. Albino Beet Red beets are certainly more popular than other colors, such as yellow and striped, but few people even know that white beets exist. To keep the shoulders from turning green, hill a little soil up over the crown...

By following this simple guide to growing and digging potatoes, a huge harvest is easier than you might think. Homegrown, freshly dug potatoes have a delicious flavor and buttery texture you probably won't find in potatoes bought from the grocery store...

In general, fennel needs a good amount of sunlight, but for a solid spring crop, consider planting near sweet corn or another tall crop so that when the sun is more intense, the fennel receives a small amount of shade.

To harvest new potatoes, I sink a pitchfork into the soil a foot or so away from the base of the plant and gently pry up part of the plant, usually taking three or four of the bigger tubers.

Because artichokes are tender perennials that take at least 110 days to mature, they often don't produce any “chokes” until their second season, though sometimes they will produce the first.

Throughout the growing season, celeriac requires ample moisture, so mulching it with an inch or two of straw is a good practice. By the time October rolls around, your celeriac crop will be ready to harvest.

Mulch your turnips with a thick layer of straw and cover the area with plastic. So, to all those turnip-haters out there, I say get over it. Nor are you ever likely to hear someone wax poetic about their favorite turnip variety like they do about their...

I'm also promising myself that I'll religiously thin my carrot seedlings this year. The first few weeks will fill the cold frame , as will any plantings that take place after late July.

It was delicious! This year, of course, it's no different. When the potatoes are ready to be dug a few weeks after the plants die back completely, I merely have to sink a digging fork into the soil to pry out the tubers.

Golden Self Blanching Celery When a variety endures for more than 120 years, you know it has something good going for it. Tags Apiaceae family , carrot , celery , heirloom , Lists , parsnip

Simply add your favorite spices and grill to crispy perfection.And let's not forget the dessert. As everyone knows, the northeast is famous for its berries. Once you learn your climate you will be able to serve your family and friends the most healthy...

Place a couple of the slats on the walls, and fill the bottom with 3 to 4 inches of garden soil. Fortunately, with so many different ways to raise a bountiful crop, anyone can enjoy their favorites.

Beets are now a staple of my summer garden, and each season, I enjoy experimenting with a different variety. Then I met my friend Chris. It's truly my favorite summer vegetable, both for taste and beauty in the garden and on the plate.

Still, it covers a few meals, maybe for a week or two.Same time with the onions, but not later than April, when I'm ready to sow seeds from all the other vegetables I need. I'm growing two species of green beans from which I'm harvesting lots of pods,...

Watering Parsnips do OK in drier weather once they've made it past the seedling stage because their taproots will seek out moisture deep on the soil. I emphasize the word fresh , as the seed does not remain viable for more than a year.

There are now many different cultivars of all these types to choose from, including miniature versions of the classic varieties.These are those carrots at the market, with their long, slim roots that taper towards the tip.

As with most crops, a rapid growth when young and adolescent is key to producing a beetroot to its full size potential. Slower growth makes for smaller roots. I've never been a great beet grower; my beets are usually about 2 to 3 inches across.

Most kale will develop new leaves after you clip a few.Unwashed, raw kale will keep in the refrigerator for about a week. Its primary purpose is as an ingredient ins is now available too, cleverly dubbed "Brokali." Burpee offers a variety called 'Apollo'...

The pumpkin seeds are directly to the right of the spoon and the butternut seeds are the smallest, to the far right.I placed the cut part of the squash upside down on a cookie tray and baked it at 350 degrees for about one hour.

Folks in zones too cold for lemongrass can even grow it indoors, according to the little elves who live in the Internet. I fully expect some epic fails. I look at it this way: Anyone can walk into the grocery store and grab a bag of Granny Smiths, but...

I had to spray!! It isn't my fault it's winter and it can't be done outside. Even though I had sprayed them in the bathroom and left them there behind closed doors, the smell permeated the entire first floor of the house.

Clay or plastic pots, washtubs, trashcans, whiskey barrels, and buckets are just some of the things you can transform into a mini-garden.Depending on the space available and what you want to grow, your container can be anything from a 6-inch pot forto...