The Vegetable Patch

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…

Join in on the fight to secure ancient heirloom vegetables, by planting them in your vegetable patch!

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

Root parsley is a great veggie & herb: both root and leaves are edible! Parsley root key facts: Name: Petroselinum crispum var tuberosum Common: Hamburg or root parsley Family: Apiaceae Type: root vegetable, biennial herb (but grown as an annual) Height: 4 to 20 inches (10 to 50 cm) Planting distance: every 6 inches (15 cm) Exposure: full sun, eventually part […]

Growing salsify starts in late spring and the harvest is in fall and winter.

Snow pea is a variety of green pea for which the seed and the pod are eaten together.

Beans, which come in many varieties, are very easy vegetables to grow.

Growing green pea is quite easy and is very enjoyable. It usually starts in the spring and continues during summer.

Who hasn’t yet dreamed of sowing a plant to see it sprout in their garden, admiring the magic of a seed bursting forth and growing to become an entire plant? There is nothing that a gardener enjoys more than the pleasure of watching a seedling grow. This growing technique is actually very easy, and is […]

Grow leek from seed to harvest: it’s fairly easy.

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

Sorrel is an herb from which leaves are eaten. Their acidic taste is quite distinctive.

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.

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!

At the start of every meal or as a finishing touch, a few crisp, fresh greens always bring a touch of delight to your meal menus.

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

Jerusalem artichoke is an ancient vegetable that is reappearing on our market stalls, with good reason: it is delicious!

Cucumber is easy to grow as long as a few basic tips are followed.

This isn’t your typical veggie patch! Gardeners should definitely give perennial vegetables a try. Many kinds of vegetables can provide a harvest for several years.

Celery is a vegetable for which the entire plant is edible: root, stalks and leaves.

Perennial leek sprouts anew from its bulbs year after year. Perennial leek key facts: Botanical name – Allium polyanthum Common names – Wild leek, perennial leek, many-flowered garlic Family – Alliaceae Type – Perennial vegetable Height – 1 foot (30cm) Exposure – Sun to part shade Soil – any type, cool but well-draining Planting distance […]

Sowing in trays is perfectly suited to growing plants in a sheltered place. Thanks to small holes drilled at the bottom of the tray, drainage can be optimized and

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

Truth be said, tomato plants reign as kings in every vegetable patch, be it in the ground or on a balcony or terrace. Never does one get bored with that tasty, juicy flesh. Notwithstanding this aura, sometimes they play hard-to-get and at times even require full-time care.

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

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

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

The purple Vitelotte noire, or black vitelotte, is reputed for its striking violet flesh.

Silverbeet or chard is a leaf green also grown for its stalks.

Citron melon, or “jam melon“, is related to watermelon.

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’.

The Honey Moon tomato is a hybrid that resists mildew. Perfect for beginners! Key Honey Moon tomato facts: Name – Solanum lycopersicum Common name: Honey Moon tomato Family – Solenaceae Type – fruit vegetable

What is citron melon? Citrullus lanatus var. citroides, or jam melon, is a bland, gummy melon that is simply excellent for jams and jellies. 😋

Colocynth is a surprising “ornamental vegetable”.

Covered sowing is for all the seedlings prepared before April. Indeed, it would be too early to sow outdoors and your plants would risk freezing… so sowing under cover is the key!

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

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 […]

The cardoon is a vegetable of the Asteraceae family.

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

Zucchini is an easy plant to grow that will delight your taste buds from summer to fall.

Rhubarb is an easy plant to grow and its harvest is often abundant.

Growing black salsify starts in May whereas the harvest takes place from fall to winter.

Helianthis advantages: cute flower, delicious tuber, disease resistance, low water needs.

Parsnip is a delicious heirloom vegetable with edible roots.

Much tastier than any tomato purchased in a store, tomatoes sown from seed are also more flavorful than those purchased in nursery pots.

Chard or Swiss chard is a vegetable appreciated for its leaves and stems.

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

Fresh onions in spring, preserves in winter: plant onions in your vegetable patch to provide for year-round availability in the kitchen!

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

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

Wild or cultivated purslane is a crawling plant that has leaves that are appreciated for their light lemony taste.