The Vegetable Patch - page 2

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.

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.

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.

For the school holidays, nothing beats introducing your children to the world of gardening. This vegetable patch calendar will make them more sensitive to the environment and to the food they eat.

Carrot is undoubtedly one of the most commonly grown vegetables, and one of the tastiest, too.

Cherry tomato is easy to grow and the harvest is often abundant.

That burst of juicy sweetness in the mouth makes these the queens of appetizers! Cherry tomato is easy to grow in a pot, ideal for urban gardeners. A bit of pruning is necessary to make sure your harvest is abundant – and your fruits ripe!

Growing tomatoes without stakes or cages allows for an abundant harvest: one plant will give you a production equivalent to three staked tomatoes.

Turnip-rooted chervil is a delicious root vegetable with a delicate and subtle taste reminiscent of chestnuts.

Curly endive is a salad green that is appreciated for its crispy fresh leaves, for the ease of its growing and its hardiness.

Endive, also called chicory, is a delicious vegetable that is appreciated both raw and cooked.

Persons living in an apartment also have the right to grow their own vegetables, don’t you think? Actually, you don’t need to have a lot of land to plant seeds or plants. With our tips and tricks you’ll discover how easy it is to have your own vegetable patch on a balcony!

Ready for your first steps in permaculture? Whether your garden be big or small, laid out already or still in the planning stages,

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…

Save your own tomato seed instead of purchasing new ones every year! Learn how to select, harvest, and keep tomato seeds to make sure you get great plants in following years.

Dandelion is a plant that grows in the wild in most fields, pastures, and gardens of course.

Chemical treatments are increasingly being banned across the planet thanks to the increased awareness of people. Growing “organic” vegetables has become mainstream, much more today than the fad it once was.

Experiment with companion planting which has by now proven its effectiveness in organic vegetable gardening. It’s easy, all pros and no cons: no treating and less work!

Fennel is a plant for which the roots are the part we eat and its nutritious and culinary value is exceptional. It is a very good summer vegetable.

A rototiller is a very useful when starting a vegetable patch or lawn, and it also helps for tilling the soil, hoeing and cultivating or removing weeds. Whether the surface is large or small, a mini tiller or a rototiller will greatly ease any garden work

Rocambole garlic is named after a fictitious character with an extravagantly nutty behavior. Rightly so! This garlic grows its cloves at the tip of its stems!

Savoy cabbage and white kale are delicious vegetables that make for easy growing.

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

Tree onion is a onion that seems to have everything upside-down: it grows onions at the tip of its stalk!

Pair beauty with taste and grow Jerusalem artichokes! In October, they’ll endow you with their flourishing vegetation; and all winter long, you’ll be savoring their delicious tubers.

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

Lettuce is an easy salad plant to grow, which needs little space and is open to all, even if all you have is a terrace or balcony.

Sea kale, or Crambe maritima, comes as quite a surprise: both in the garden and in the vegetable patch, it’ll trigger questions by curious onlookers! Sea kale, a summary Botanical name – Crambe maritima Common name – Sea kale Family – Cruciferae, Brassicaceae Type – perennial Bearing – clump Height – 12 to to 28 inches (30 to 70 cm) Planting density […]

Melon is a tasty and deliciously flavorful fruit.

For those of you in France who want to absolutely maximize your vegetable productivity, it’s important to follow a rigorous planting calendar. For that, it’s important to realize that not all regions have the same climate and weather conditions. Indeed, the climate isn’t the same in all parts of France, and this has a direct […]

You live in an apartment, and your consumption of vegetables is minimal… what if you opted for an indoor vegetable patch? Easy and eye-catching, it is becoming a true trend.

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 […]

Root parsley isn’t as famous as regular parsley. However, for a gardener, it’s much more interesting! Root parsley key facts : Botanical name – Petroselinum crispum var. tuberosum Common name – root parsley, Hamburg parsley Family – Apiaceae Type – root vegetable, biennial herb (but grown as an annual) Height – 4 to 20 inches (10 to 50 cm) Planting distance – […]

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

Permaculture is the art of following biological insights gleaned from considering nature as a teacher. Key is the observation of natural exchanges occurring in ecosystems. It usually involves growing plants together on small, densely-populated surfaces. Fundamentally, it ventures much further than pure biology and encompasses all questions searching to understand the relationship between mankind and […]

Rooted in both ancestral knowledge and innovation, the answer to the question “What is permaculture?” is straightforward. It is the practice of observing nature to learn from what it can teach us, aiming for food self-reliance and abundance.

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

A rarer form of Physalis, tomatillo is a late summer vegetable that is easy to grow since the plant resists disease well. Tomatillo fruits are usually cooked and help soften the spice in many Central American recipes. Top tomatillo facts

Tomato is a vegetable-fruit that is among the most eaten produce in the world. Tomatoes are also the first plant gardeners grow in their vegetable gardens!

Pumpkin is a typical fall vegetable, which especially became famous when Halloween made it into a symbol.

Be it for herbs, greens or tomato, a square-foot vegetable patch works best when a few simple rules are followed.