Vegetables

You’re walking through a birch forest somewhere in the northern woods — maybe Maine, maybe Minnesota, maybe Canada — and you notice something ugly growing out of a tree trunk. …

You walk out one morning to water the tomatoes, and there they are — a cluster of weird little mushrooms poking out of the mulch like they own the place. …

I never thought I’d become the person friends text blurry photos of bugs to, but here we are. It started when I found something I couldn’t identify in my garage …

There are six varieties of corn, including flour corn, flint corn, dent corn, popcorn, sweet corn, and pod corn. Sweet corn (sweetcorn, pole corn, or sugar corn) is an annual, …

I love composting all the kitchen scraps I can, but when I fill up my compost bin or run low on some vegetables in the garden, using kitchen scraps to grow plants …

Fennel (finocchio, Florence fennel) is a beautiful, hardy, feathery herb with fern-like leaves and a strong, licorice-like taste. Even though it is a perennial herb, most gardeners grow it as …

Growing mushrooms is entirely different than growing any other vegetable in your garden. However, it is not such a complicated procedure. If you have all the necessary material, getting organic …

The first one who mentioned cauliflower in the 1st century AD was Pliny. In the Middle Age, it was cultivated in the island of Cyprus, and then gardeners in Western …

Bell peppers (capsicum, sweet pepper) originated from Mexico and South America. When you set out bell peppers two weeks after the last frost, you can enjoy in an exciting color …

Even though we usually use its red, pink, or greenish stems, well-known for a rich, tart flavor, to prepare jams and pies, rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) is actually a hardy perennial …