The Vegetable Patch

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

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.

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

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.

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

Snow pea is a variety of green pea for which the seed and the pod are eaten together. To savor them until you burst, plant some in your vegetable patch!

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

Parsnip is a delicious heirloom vegetable from which the root is eaten.

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

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

Bell pepper is an excellent easy to grow summer vegetable. Did you know that it’s the same plant as chili? They’re just different varieties!

Gourd, or squash, is a familiar fall vegetable.

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.

The cardoon is a vegetable plant that belongs to the asteraceae family. It’s native to the Mediterranean area.

Rutabaga, also called swede when the flesh is white, is an ancient heirloom vegetable that is particularly well suited to climates where winters are cold and moist.

Never a day’s rest for the gardener! Summer harvests are in, and now in Autumn plots are prepared for the planting and sowing of winter crops.

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

There it is! Spring! Rather than cramming to fit everything in a single month, stage your sowing and planting wisely to maximize your harvests and avoid spring burn-out.

Just like humans, vegetables also have friends and foes. Some families stimulate or protect each other. Other families tire each other out and make each other vulnerable. Companion planting is the art of pairing them well!

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

Whether for vegetables or certain flower species, direct sowing or sowing in situ is very easy. It takes place in spring, once the last frost has passed, and during summer for most fall vegetables.

Growing leek from seed to harvest is fairly straightforward and will satisfy you in many ways.

Turnip has a long history of growing, and without doubt is among the most tasty vegetables.

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

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’.

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!

Spinach is a vegetable that is both easy to grow and has the advantage of being planted early in the season.

Red beet is an excellent vegetable with high mineral and vitamin contents that is easy to grow.

Even if this might come as a surprise to many, the growing of artichoke is relatively simple to pull through.

Asparagus is a delicate-tasting vegetable and growing it means paying attention to a few things.

Really fired-up to grow tomatoes, but you’ve only got a tiny balcony or terrace and think it’s impossible? Think again!

Known and renowned for its nutritional properties, lentil is an annual plant that is a cinch to grow in the garden.

Even if you don’t have a large garden in your house or can’t spare a portion of the garden for a vegetable plot, you still have options to grow a few special bell pepper varieties in pots on a balcony, deck or terrace.

Whether it be raw, cooked, hot or cold, savored fresh in bite-size snacks, in mixed salads or ice cream or simply baked to a golden color in the oven, bell pepper summer fruits and vegetables are easy to cook.

Black radish or winter radish is a strikingly delicious root vegetable with a light spicy taste.

Chinese cabbage is favored for its long leaves, that are both delicious and low on carbohydrates.

Mizuna looks like lettuce, it is very similar to arugula, but it’s actually a type of cabbage. A crunchy texture and peppery taste are what make it much sought after.

Arugula is now one of the most famous greens to appear in our plates.

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

Radish is a root vegetable that is absolutely delicious. It is famous for both its taste and the ease with which it grow.

This isn’t your typical veggie patch, but keen gardeners will definitely give perennial vegetables a try. From the many species and kinds of vegetables, several can live, two, three years and more while still yielding a crop for months on end.

Beans, peas, lentils, soybeans… the legume family all share flowers shaped like butterfly wings, roots that lock nitrogen into the soil, and seeds that have high levels of protein. To sum it up, it just what any garden needs!

Broad beans are a type of bean and part of the legume family. They’re easy and quick to

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

Brussels sprouts are vegetables that are mineral-rich and great for intestinal transit when cooked.

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

Winter is a season often associated with cabbages and cauliflowers… why not make the most of the season and add brussel sprouts to the list!

Its rough, bitter taste sends the weak-spirited away… since the 17th century! Nonetheless, Brussels sprouts are an excellent source of vitamin C and fiber, especially during the winter season.

Butternut gourd, also called simply butternut, is one of the most popular squash varieties.