The Vegetable Patch - page 2

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!

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

Even though winter might seem like a waste of time for your permaculture vegetable garden, many tasks still need tending to. Most of all, this quiet, dormant time is the perfect opportunity to prep your garden for the vibrant spring season that’s just around the corner.

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

You’ll simply adore biting into the organic vegetables you’ve grown yourself – all the more because it won’t have cost you any heavy garden work at all! Preparing an organic square-foot vegetable patch is your key to this dream situation.

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

Sowing in seed holes is very similar to sowing in rows, the only difference is that seeds are grouped in clusters instead of being sown one by one.

Growing tomatoes without stakes or cages allows for an abundant harvest: one plant will produce as much as three staked tomatoes.

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

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

Sowing in rows is one of the most common methods. It is widely used for growing vegetables. It is very easy to perform and is particularly well suited to outdoor sowing

Escarole is a salad green that is appreciated for its delicious leaves and for the ease of its growing and its hardiness.

Limestone soil is clearly gets a lot of hate by gardeners. Rocky, chalky, dry, and poor, cultivating anything in such harsh conditions is indeed far from seeming easy at first glance. However, thanks to small adjustments, you will be able to enjoy a productive vegetable garden, even in alkaline soil.

The king of summer fruits, watermelon is easy to grow if it can get enough sun.

Who hasn’t yet suffered the sting of wild nettle? Far from being a weed, stinging nettle is an excellent ally for organic gardeners, especially for growing tomato!

Biting into the juicy fragrant flesh of a home-grown tomato is within reach if you have a little space in your vegetable patch.

Ornamental gourd are eye-popping “decorative veggies”. Not edible, though.

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

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

Whether for vegetables or certain flower species, direct sowing or sowing in the plot is very easy. It takes place in spring, after the last frost has passed. It’s also practiced during summer for the planting of most fall and winter vegetables.

Sowing seeds in a nursery has many advantages. The greatest one is starting to grow plants in ideal conditions.

Swede, also called rutabaga when its flesh is yellow, is an ancient heirloom vegetable.

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

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

Gardeners face each other off with pitchforks when it comes to this question… It’s a topic that’s almost as controversial as that other big tomato question: is a fruit or a vegetable? Discover both options regarding sucker removal here, the pros of each and our tips to make the choice that’s right for you.

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

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.

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 […]

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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!

The cardoon is a vegetable of the Asteraceae family.

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.

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.

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

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