The Vegetable Patch

Easy to grow in the vegetable patch, Cucurbitaceae squash come in a great variety of fruits which we can savor from summer’s end to the beginning of spring.

From the tropics, sweet potato thrives in temperate climates when they get enough water and warmth.

Ah, tomato! Summertime wouldn’t be the same without it! Delicious in so many ways, refreshing and nutritious, always a timely mouthful.

With their elongated shape, Torino tomatoes might seem like just another type of tomato. That’s without considering the exceptional amount of lycopene it contains!

Garlic is a perennial vegetable spice, a must-have in the vegetable patch. It craves sun.

Physalis or Peruvian groundcherry is a plant that offers cute, tasty fruits.

Sheltered from unpredictable weather and snugly warm, greenhouse veggies can truly reach peak growth. Big greenhouses can’t fit in smaller gardens, so we’ll also look at easier, smaller greenhouse options to set up.

Spaghetti squash, named after the famed Italian pasta, is an easy fruit to grow that is very appealing on the dinner table.

Join in on the fight to secure ancient heirloom vegetables: plant them in your vegetable patch!

Savoy cabbage is a delicious vegetable that make for easy growing.

In the vegetable patch, summer is the season for harvests, but sowing still continues for lettuce, cabbage and other vegetables for winter.

Here is the calendar for sowing vegetables and transplanting seedling so that you’ll get everything done at the right time in winter, spring, summer and fall.

If you want to stop bloating your vegetables with polluting chemical fertilizers, it is time for you to familiarize yourself with natural fertilizer!

Most root vegetables could stay in the ground until their consumption during winter. However, they are often harvested in fall because soil is still loose. Freezing indeed makes harvesting difficult, and in the ground, root crops often perish from excess cold, moisture, or are nibbled on by hungry animals.

Arugula is one of the most famous greens for tasty meals.

Colocynth is a surprising “herb vegetable”. Only seeds are edible, though.

Crop rotation helps generate abundant harvests. It’s also very effective at reducing crop diseases and maximizing nutrient availability for plants.

There are several different vegetables that are hardy enough to the cold that you can still make the vegetable patch an enchanting place to be. Zoom in on kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, winter lettuce…

Egyptian red beet is an ancient, early variety, perfect for harvesting in summer.

Goosefoot is a fast-spreading weed, true, but its leaves make for great greens! Goosefoot key facts: Botanical name: Chenopodium Common name: goosefoot Family: Amaranthaceae Type: leaf vegetable

White onion, red onion and yellow onion are ancient bulb plants that are easy to grow.

A classic in many vegetable patches, the ‘Marmande‘ tomato owes its success to its large, tasty fruits.

A tomato variety that’s over a hundred years old, the ‘Saint Pierre‘ is one of the tastiest varieties, on par with the more famous ‘Beefsteak’.

It looks like a large chili, which makes the ‘Andine Cornue’ tomato among the most recognizable.

Mushroom lovers, great news! For one, they are a good source of nutrients for our bodies. For the other, you can grow your own in the comfort of your homes – on recycled coffee grounds! Growing mushrooms is easy with a little guidance. Although you cannot use a normal garden soil, you can use spent […]

A sprig of basil here, a couple oyster mushrooms or cherry tomatoes there… It’s possible to taste home-grown versions of these delicacies even if you live in an apartment!

Red kuri squash, also called Orange Hokkaido and Japanese squash, is a delicious vegetable, fleshy and tasty.

In the age before industrial agriculture, there were over 1000 varieties of vegetables in people’s gardens… an incredible heritage which has now been forgotten!

Underlying the success of every garden is the health of its soil – this is particularly true in permaculture. Fertilize it with fresh nutrients like compost, maintain it, disturb it only when absolutely necessary. Your soil will stay healthy and fertile, and its quality will increase

From planting to harvest, here are the practices that will help you grow beautiful potatoes.

Shallot is both easy to grow and delicious in cooking.

Red beet is a sweet-tasting vegetable with high mineral and vitamin contents.

The artichoke hails from the Mediterranean and is a treat whether raw or cooked. People love its tender heart and unique taste. Here are few basic facts about artichoke.

We aren’t all lucky enough to have a garden for growing spinach plants. But growing spinach in pots, whether on a patio or a balcony, is a perfectly great option!

Jerusalem artichoke is an heirloom vegetable that is reappearing in gardens, with good reason: it is delicious!

Spinach is a leaf vegetable that is easy to grow, ideal for planting in spring and fall.

In permaculture, nature does all the work! For a permaculture garden to be sustainable, self-sufficient and properly balanced,

Broccoli stands out with its distinct green flower head, and is a delicious vegetable that is easy to grow.

Rutabaga, also called swede when the flesh is white, is an ancient heirloom vegetable.

Cauliflower is a vegetable that has low calorie levels and high fiber, calcium and magnesium content.

Cabbage is a vegetable that comes in many varieties and is very easy to grow.

It can be eaten as a side or main dish, and it is easy to harvest. Such assets will lead you to want to grow red beet in your vegetable patch!

Been wanting to start a veggie patch but not sure how get started? Find out how to start your first vegetable patch in 6 key steps!

“Climate change”. Hard to have a day go by when this phrase isn’t heard in a conversation. And, like it or not, seasons are changing: frost dates are shifting, winters get milder, summer heat waves strike stronger, drought becomes a thing where it previously never was…

Green, red or gold oakleaf lettuce is an easy lettuce. On your marks, get set, SOW!

New Zealand spinach is a vegetable that loves full sun. Key Tetragonia facts: Latin Names: Tetragonia expansa, Tetragonia tetragonoïdes Common: tetragonia, New Zealand Spinach Family: Aizoaceae Type: Leafy vegetable Height: about 3.3 feet (environ 1 m) Planting Distance: 32 inches (80 cm) Exposure: Sunny Soil: limestone to neutral, light, rich in humus Planting: April-May – […]

Parsnip is a delicious heirloom vegetable with edible roots.

Patty pan squash, or patisson, is a tasty and cute flat squash variety. Key pattypan squash facts: Latin name: Cucurbita pepo var. ovifera Common name: patty pan, patisson Family: Cucurbitaceae Type: vegetable plant

Mashua is a nasturtium root crop selected by ancient Incas. Key mashua facts Name: Tropaeolum tuberosum Common: mashua, tuber nasturtium Family: Tropaeolaceae, tuber veggie Height: 6 to 10 feet (2 to 3 m) Exposure: sun, part shade eventually Planting distance: 20 inches (50 cm) Soil: light, humiferous, well-draining  –  Planting: spring’s end –  Harvest: fall […]

Germinating potato tubers before planting them helps increase growth of your young plants. It brings the harvest a few days or weeks earlier, and increases harvest size and quality.

Green pea, a veggie plant from the Fabaceae family, definitely gets a lot of love for its round, smooth (and sometimes wrinkled) peas. Typically, it’s eaten cooked, and they’re delicious – but there’s lots more to know about them!