Vegetables

Come to a killing frost, and most vegetable gardens are given the cold shoulder by their owners and the weather.  Yet there is a long list of vegetables you can

Wherever you garden in the U.S., you are almost bound to face a summer that brings one or more dry spells. In some sections, you must garden through long-lasting droughts,

Fresh, ripe strawberries are irresistible, but the varieties sold in most stores are far from the best, being firm (and consequently tart) berries to stand a long haul to market

The family food garden is a wonderful source of essential minerals and vitamins when it includes carefully selected vegetables. The more colorful the vegetables are, the better. The rich color

If you are the type of city gardener who likes to grow vegetables that require a minimum effort in return for a rich reward, zucchini is the dish for you. 

We were lucky when we bought Spruce Acre in Ithaca, N. Y., 15 years ago. The former owner had left us a healthy asparagus bed of 100 plants. Since then,

Sweet potatoes rate the attention of home gardeners wherever they can be grown. That includes territories beyond their range as an important farm product, such as Connecticut and southern New

We first sowed soybeans for green manure and then as bait for rabbits.  The theory behind the second usage was that rabbits preferred soybeans to other beans, so if there

Without paper milk cartons, I wouldn’t know how to get along in my garden. They are durable enough to last a long time and easy to dispose of.  We have

Gardeners have been raising and eating lettuce for at least 2,500 years. Even though the particular varieties served at the tables of Persian kings around 500 B.C. may not be