Lettuce planted next to onions. I was a gardener that planted my vegetables in long, straight rows by plant type. Even though my garden was productive, I still had varieties that struggled and provided very little to nothing. With experience, my ...
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Asparagus, King of Vegetables
Fresh Asparagus Asparagus is one of our family’s most eagerly anticipated harbingers of spring, and we delight in the sight of the furled green tips emerging from the earth. It is not only a beautiful plant (a member of the lily family) and a ...
Honeyberries – Love at first bite
Unknown by many in the states, the honeyberry has been a valued fruit plant for centuries in Asia and Eastern Europe where they grow wild in the cold, wet and mountainous regions. The Ainu aboriginal people of Japanese recognized this berry as ...