Corn salad, how to grow corn salad
Corn salad is an easy type of salad green that is easy to grow, requires little space and is open to all, even if all you’ve got is a balcony or terrace.
The Vegetable Patch - page 4
Advice on how to grow vegetables from seed to harvest, care for them, protect them from diseases, and boost harvests. Natural treatments only!
Rhubarb, from planting to harvest
Rhubarb is an easy plant to grow and its harvest is often abundant.
Covered sowing, why and how to protect seedlings in spring
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!
A raised garden bed how-to, from building it to growing at an easy height
More and more amateur gardeners indulge into this trendy new option: raised garden beds. Smart, convenient and cost-effective, elevated garden beds boast many advantages and
Onions all year round
Fresh onions in spring, preserves in winter: plant onions in your vegetable patch to provide for year-round availability in the kitchen!
Chard, a fiber-rich vegetable
Chard or Swiss chard, sometimes known under the name of silverbeet, is a vegetable that is appreciated for its leaves and for the ribs or stems that bear them.
Curly endive, a salad with a subtle taste
Curly endive is a salad green that is appreciated for its crispy fresh leaves, for the ease of its growing and its hardiness.
Black salsify, a delicious heirloom vegetable
Growing black salsify starts in May whereas the harvest takes place from fall to winter.
Sowing in rows
This method, one of the most common, is widely used for growing vegetables. It is very easy to perform and is particularly well suited to outdoor sowing
Escarole, resists cold weather well
Escarole is a salad green that is appreciated for its delicious leaves and for the ease of its growing and its hardiness.
Rototiller, scores of advantages
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
Escarole, the little sister of curly endive
Escarole and curly endive were both bred from the chicory plant and can even be considered sisters. However, their appearance and taste both sets them apart. Escarole is a bit more hardy than curly endive, so when the first frost spells have come, it can still be savored a bit longer. Read everything you need […]
Sowing in trays, crates or boxes
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
