Planting & Seed Saving Notes

Learn how to grow and eat Egyptian Walking Onions (Allium proliferum), an exciting addition to your edible landscape. 

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  As the soil warms up following the spring equinox and the days lengthen, we start to dream of our favorite summer crops. The first thing that comes to mind are the gorgeous green tendrils...

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Tomatoes, Solanum lycopersicum I don’t say this very often, but one good thing about a zombie apocalypse would be a reappreciation of the seasonality of tomatoes. The home grown tomato is iconic, and rightly so....

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Okra, Abelmoschus esculentus If you’re not an okra lover, read on, okra is amazing. If you are an okra lover, read on, you may not be tapping into its full potential. I’m going to tell...

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Growing squash is one of the easiest things to do during the summer season. Often, growers end up with far too much squash! Handing them off to neighbors and friends, who eventually stop answering the...

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Lettuce, Lactuca sativa Lettuce may not seem like one of those life saving must-have crops, give me a potato over a lettuce leaf any ‘survival’ day, but it still deserves a place in our gardens....

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Beans, beans, they’re good for your heart - they’ll grow with a vigor that you cannot thwart! Not our best poem, but you can’t deny the truth. Beans are easy and satisfying to grow in...

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Growing Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) is easy and productive and can yield a lot of food in a small space. Learn how to grow your own potatoes with a variety of methods, including container and trench growing.

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Learn to grow borage, an edible, soft and fuzzy herb with beautiful bright-blue, star-shaped flowers.

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Learn how to start eggplant and pepper seeds, watch this video for a fool-proof method to get these seeds germinating.

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A spice, and herb, a supplement, and more; grow your own source of this versatile plant.

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These strong perennials can grow anywhere.

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