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Egypt beetroot

Flat of Egypt red beet, for an early summer harvest

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New Zealand spinach

New Zealand spinach, grow Tetragonia in your garden

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Pattypan squash, patisson

Pattypan squash, how to grow flat patisson squash

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Sweet potato

Sweet potato, a crop that grows well in cool climates

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Citron melon

Citron melon, a rare melon for jam: planting, growing and care

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Helianthis - Helianthus strumosus

Helianthis, a root vegetable with beautiful flowers

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Cuor di bue tomato, here a small one

Cuor di bue, the original beefsteak tomato

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White eggplant varieties

White eggplant, different color, taste, feel… same care!

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Different eggplant varieties in a crate

6 superb eggplant varieties, from egg-like to stunning black beauty

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Root parsley

Root parsley, the double-decker parsley

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cardoon

Cardoon, planting, care, blanching

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Basket with banana legs tomatoes in it

Banana Legs tomato, long and yellow, like a banana!

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Lacinato kale leaves growing lush and tall

Lacinato kale, a swarthy, dark vegetable posing as an ornamental

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Chufa roots with groundnuts forming

Chufa, a root vegetable that produces groundnuts

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Indigo rose tomato

Indigo rose, a tomato variety for small, black cocktail tomatoes

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Large, green slightly striped primora tomato

Primora tomato, a large, dark, striped variety that looks stunning in salad

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Three honey moon tomato

Honey Moon tomato, round and firm, and tasty, too!

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Brandywine tomato on the plant

The brandywine tomato, a large beefsteak tomato with smooth flesh

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Black zebra tomato

Black zebra, the darker striped tomato

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When and how to prune eggplant

Pruning eggplant, when, why and how

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Snow pea

Plant Snow pea for refreshing meals and snacks!

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arugula

Arugula, easy-growing greens for mixed salads

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turnip

Turnip, fleshy and very tasty, especially when home-grown!

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Tree onion

Tree onion, a fun and unique heirloom bulb vegetable

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Perennial leek

Perennial leek, delicious, tasty… and self-caring, too!

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White mustard - spice and green manure fertilizer

White mustard, both spice and green manure fertilizer

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Shallot, Allium ascalonicum

Shallot, grow it from seed to harvest

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Green tomatillo fruits from growing the plant

Tomatillo, the Mexican Physalis

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Turnip-rooted chervil tubers ready to sprout

Turnip-rooted chervil, how to grow it

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Swede, Brassica napobrassica

Swede, how to sow, grow and get large roots for winter

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Growing endives is easy, especially if you know how to force them

Endive, chicory, from seed to harvest

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Black salsify

Black salsify, delicious heirloom root

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Three greens: lettuce, mizuna cabbage and coriander

Mizuna cabbage, japanese greens

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Spaghetti squash

Spaghetti squash, surprising flesh

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Growing bell pepper and chili

Bell peppers and chili, fabulous to grow

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Jerusalem artichoke growing and care

Jerusalem artichoke, easy growing, unique taste

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zucchini

Zucchini, a delicious vegetable that is easy to grow

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Curly endive

Curly endive, a salad with a subtle taste

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salsify

Salsify, a delicate subtle taste

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Savoy cabbage

Savoy cabbage, a frizzly-headed cabbage for winter

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Cauliflower

Cauliflower, everything there is to know about growing it

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celery

Celery, a delicious vegetable

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Bountiful eggplant with a dozen eggplants.

Eggplant, abundant till the end of summer

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Fennel growing in a vegetable patch.

Fennel, from seed to harvest

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A sliced vitelotte black potato on a fresh harvest shows its purple insides.

Vitelotte, or black vitelotte, the China truffle

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Red kuri on a fence with leaves and fruit

Grow red kuri vertically to maximize space

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Garlic

Garlic, how to grow huge and healthy heads

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Artichoke head raised up against a hazy background.

Artichoke, how to grow it

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Tomatoes plant

How to grow tomato, the perfect guide

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Red beet

Red beet, blood-red juice but no-sweat growing!

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Cherry tomatoes growing on the plant.

Cherry tomato, savoring the summer!

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